Reading Journal Blog Entry 5

Analysis

Words that I'm unsure of their meaning:

Whom: Maybe it means who?
Definition: Used as the object of a verb or preposition, but in everyday speech sometimes replaced by who. What person(s)(?)

Outlaw: I think its something like a thief in the wild west. Maybe you call a person outlaw which doesn´t have a home and has to steal things and to illegal stuff.
Definition: A criminal, especially one who is punished by being refused the protection of the law.

Vile: From the context, I'd say it's toxic or dirty, something like this.
Definition: horrible; wicked; disgusting

Blotchy: Maybe it means that the face of Kate Barlow is dirty.
Definition: If someone's skin is blotchy, it is covered in marks, usually temporary ones, that are not regular in shape.

Mositure: From the context, I'd say it's sweat.
Definition: A liquid such as water in the form of very small drops, either in the air, in a substance, or on a surface.

 154 Words in Total

Definitions from here: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/

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