The poet's use of quotation marks and dramatic shift in word choice in this excerpt from "Attack the Water" suggest that these words are coming from another source, such as the news.
This accounts for the change in word choice, as the news, would have been written or spoken by someone else. Also, adding this to the poem helps describe the situation in Vietnam from an outside standpoint.
Answer:
A broadcaster is anyone working in broadcasting
A news anchor is the person who is the main host of the news program, or one of the main hosts. News anchors/newscasters are also a type of broadcaster.
Hospitals take strict precautions to assure that nothing adulterates the blood supply.
** adulterate : render something poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one.
It was very helpful of the students to move the shelves for their teacher.
Being wise comes with age.
The dog was loyal to its owner since day one.
He’s the sort of man who’s always punctual.
The young boy was very stingy, so stingy that he would not even share his toys with his younger sister.
It was troublesome of the woman to climb the gate illegally.
The girl was honest when she explained why she had stolen from her mother.
The current scores were dominating compared last year’s.
The therapist nodded in understanding.
It was wasteful of the man to throw his half-eaten hotdog away.
