Vocabulary Week #2

Serenity:

• "You're pinned down in some filthy hellhole of a paddy, getting your ass delivered to kingdom come, but then for a few seconds everything goes quiet and you look up and see the sun and a few puffy white clouds, and the immense serenity flashes against your eyeballs - the whole world gets rearranged - and even though you're pinned down by war you never felt more at peace."
• The context clue i used was example, its an example because it explains  the scene and how calm and at peace you feel and serenity is have a peaceful state of mind.
• Going to the beach gives her serenity and lets her think about things. 

Wistful:

• "Some carried themselves with a sort of wistful resignation, others with pride or stiff soldierly discipline or good humor or macho zeal."
• The context clue i used was an antonym because pride and soldierly are all the opposite of wistful and they explain how the men carried themselves due to how they were feeling. 
• The girl was wistful when i came to the boy and what he wanted. 

Sneer:

• "They sneered at sick call."
• The context clue i used was my logic. I used my logic because i was somewhat familiar with the word and knew what it meant when they used it.
• He sneered at his mom for not letting his friends come over.