Thursday, January 29, 2009

Key Word Prediction

Consider the key words from the first pages of The Handmaid’s Tale and predict the story.

palimpsest: a parchment that has been erased to make room for other text
pedantic: overly concerned with minute details
debase: to reduce in value or dignity
servile: submissive; fawning

angels
football
thongs
unwoman
nunneries
colonies
blood
shatterproof
black market
prayvaganzas
Econowives
anarchy

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