Vocab from And the Mountains Echoed: Polemical

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I have looked up many words while reading And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. This week’s word comes from a passage about poems.

They [the poems] read as though they have been crafted with the sole aim of shocking and scandalizing. They strike me as polemical, as angry indictments of Afghan gender roles.

Polemical \pə-‘lə-mi-kəl\ adj, from Greek polemikos, warlike, and French polemique, controversial; controversial or disputatious

Mountains EchoedWord Nerd Workout

Use polemical in a sentence.  Here’s mine:

The popular congressman carefully avoided discussing the polemical topics of immigration and gun control during his speech.

Your turn!  Talk nerdy to me.  And get ready for a word nerd review next week!

Julia

 

 

Julia Tomiak
I believe in the power of words to improve our lives, and I help people find interesting words to read. Member of SCBWI.

13 Comments

  1. Julia, I really like the way you focus on one word each week and make us give it some thought. Here’s my nerdy sentence:

    I was raised to avoid polemical subjects in polite company, but there’s always this bad girl in me that wants to throw out a nugget or two just to stir things up.

    1. Thanks Margot! I’m thinking if you use the new words a little, you’ll be more likely to remember them! Glad you like the format, and excellent sentence, you bad girl. 😉

  2. I haven’t read this book yet, but it is on my TBR list. Now I am prepared, knowing this new to me word. Thanks for sharing. Here is my Word Nerd sentence.

    Confrontation makes me tense and uncomfortable, so I try to avoid polemical subjects, like politics or religion.

  3. I love to talk nerdy 😉

    “The congenial dinner party quickly became tense when the host shared his polemical thoughts on religion.”

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