Vocab 2

Zeal Noun
"...others with pride or stiff soldierly discipline or good humor or macho Zeal." (pg.19)
The context clue that helped me was "synonym", "good humor" helped me understand what zeal means. Sentence: at the party a man had a great zeal in story telling.

Serenity Noun
"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's flashes against your eyeballs..." (pg. 34)
The clue that helped me find the word is "Synonym", "everything goes quiet" helped me find the word serenity was to be calm and peaceful. Sentence: to find my serenity I play video games to do so.

Sneer Verb
"They sneered at sick call. They spoke bitterly about guys who had found release by shooting off their own toes or fingers." I used my "own logic" to help me figure out that sneer meant a rude facial expression. Sentence: I showed a sneer to my enemy on the court.