When and Where found: I found this word while reading an article for LTED 609 titled Why can’t she remember that? The importance of storybook telling in multicultural classrooms. The sentence I found it in was discussing how students that are unfamiliar with book reading might find certain routines “aversive, puzzling, or simply boring” (Meier, p. 245).
What it means: Based on the context the word was found, AVERSIVE appears to mean unimportant. Clearly, this word is used to describe something so it is an adjective. It’s actual meaning according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online is tending to avoid or avoiding.
Level of Familiarity: I am pretty familiar with this word, although I do not use it in my speech. Based on the context I recalled that it related to avoidance, which helped me better understand the rest of the sentence.
To know it well or not: Yes, this word is valuable to know well. It highlights a specific meaning. As it directly relates to avoidance, AVERSIVE is a more effective adjective than actually using avoiding or “tending to avoid” as its definition states.
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