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Welcome to Decent Exposure : High School, Volume I: magistrate: Slide 2jubilant: Slide 3chattel: Slide 4timbre: Slide 5meander: Slide 6resilient: Slide 7embellish: Slide 8denounce: Slide 9mystic: Slide 10dubious: Slide 11ruminate: Slide 12sever: Slide 13 resplendent: Slide 14 discord: Slide 15 invective: Slide 16 wistful: Slide 17 didactic: Slide 18 undulate: Slide 19 guileless: Slide 20 blight: Slide 21 ethereal: Slide 22 ascetic: Slide 23 notorious: Slide 24 chasm: Slide 25 reticent: Slide 26

magistrate, magistrateA Soldier of the Great War --Mark HelprinBefore the war I was akind of problem.and I used to work on this magistrate: judge Relatives: mag: big, great in size majestic, magnificent, magnitude I have been named of this town. One Hundred Years of Solitude --Gabriel Garcia Marquez magistrate, The Bourne Supremacy --Robert Ludlum You told us that when you said you did not care to go before the to “press charges,” as you put it. Any form of the word “magistrate” will appear once in every 235 pages of text. magistrate, Outcasts United -- Warren St. John His mother was a federal his father, a law professor.

But although Tom’s ear tingled, his heart was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer --Mark Twainjubilantjubilationjubilationjubilant. Eldest --Christopher Paolini of our race. May the halls echo with the jubilant: overjoyed syn: elated, ecstatic ant: morose, sullen, depressed, indifferent, apathetic Forms: N: jubilation V: 00 Adj: jubilant Adv: jubilantly I felt their arms around my neck, their hugs and the marvelous of reunion. Black Like Me --John Howard Griffin The city was in the midst of a gala. The Looking Glass Wars --Frank Beddor Any form of the word “jubilant” will appear once in every 2,232 pages of text.

chattel: slave; livestock; a burdensome possessionchattelsAll Quiet on the Western Front --Erich Maria Remarque their goods and On the way we meet the inhabitants trundling along with them in wheelbarrows, in perambulators, and on their backs. chattel The Mayor of Casterbridge --Thomas Hardy You then stood without a to your name, and I was the master of the house in Corn Street. chattel The Power and the Glory --Grace MacGowan Cooke She is a valuable industrial possession to the man, or who may profit by her labor; never a luxury—a bill of expense. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl --Harriet Jacobs Yet that intelligent, enterprising, noble-hearted man was a chattel. Any form of the word “chattel” will appear once in every 2,611 pages of text.

timbre timbrestimbre.timbre,timbre: one of the properties of sound; often used to describe a tone, loudness, orpitch of voice. So we watch their faces, their hands, their feet, and listen for truth in The Bluest Eye --Toni Morrison Life of Pi --Yann Martel The voice had its very own with a heavy, weary rasp. slow and easy as Pruitt. Only the of his voice showed his passion; he was as The Thundering Herd --Zane Grey The Looking Glass War --Frank Beddor She stood listening to the alternating and resonances of the men’s voices. Any form of the word “timbre” will appear once in every 10, 563 pages of text.

meandering meandermeander,meanderedmeander: wind, wander, travel in an indirect path Forms: N:00; V: meander, meanders, meandered, meandering; Adj: 00; Adv: 00 For the next few minutes, they chatted as they among the shelves. True Believer --Nicholas Sparks the lazy ripples that once The Secret Life of Bees --Sue Monk Kidd in a while broke the surface. I watched the currents HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban --J.K. Rowling They watched Hagrid tipsily up to the castle. Any form of the word “meander” will appear once in every 3,045 pages of text. The Bean Trees --Barbara Kingsolver It was a cottages lined up along a stream bank. row of mossy, green-roofed

embellish: decorate Related: bella: beautyForms: N: embellishment,embellishmentsV: embellish, embellishes, embellished, embellishing Adj: 00 Adv: 00syn: adornant: denudeembellishing Nineteen Minutes --Jodi Picoult He began --a teaspoon of blood became a cup; the stain on her white pants grew from a modest spot to a embellishing Rose Red --Stephen King We discussed John’s and my year abroad, and me carefully the journey to sound like the ideal honeymoon. Brisingr --Christopher Paolini He wore a helm with gold, silver and rubies and, on his fingers, five large rings. embellished Any form of the word “embellish” will appear once in every 1,259 pages of text. embellished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn --Betty Smith When she saw the teacher looking so interested, she the story.

denounce: publicly reject or accuse syn: repudiateant: praise, laudForms: N: denunciation, denunciationsV: denounce, denounces, denounced, denouncing Adj: 00 Adv: 00Related: noun: nameannounce, noun,pronounceEnder’s Game --Orson Scott Card denouncing is based on the highest Atlas Shrugged --Ayn Rand principle—the principle of the public good. Mr. Rearden, the law which you are denunciation of the population They published a scathing limitation laws. denounce Into the Wild --Jon Krakauer behavior many years earlier and would silently Chris would fixate on his father’s own less-than-sterling him. denounce Arrowsmith --Sinclair Lewis Martin hastened to Terry, declaring that he would resign-- would --would expose—Yes! Any form of the word “denounce” will appear once in every 386 pages of text.

mystic: related to the heavens or religious beliefs; a person thought to be able to communicate with God, angels, or other spiritual forces syn: divine; otherworldly; ethereal; celestialant: mundane; earthlyForms: N: mystic; mysticismV: 00 Adj: mystical Adv: mysticallymysticAtlas Shrugged --Ayn Rand Once he surrendered reason, revelations. a body moved by unaccountable he was left at the mercy of… instincts and a soul moved by Red: The Heroic Rescue --Ted Dekker She was a practicing Sufi mystic. Black: The Birth of Evil --Ted Dekker Now we’re resorting to mystics? Breaking Down --Stephanie Meyer He hypnotized me with his vampire powers. mystical Any form of the word “mystic” will appear once in every 340 pages of text.

dubious: full of doubt; uncertain; unsteady; unlikely; questionablesyn: skeptical; cynicalant: certain; cocky; gullible; inevitableForms: N: doubtV: doubt, doubts, doubted, doubtingAdj: dubious Adv: dubiouslydubiousThe Hunger Games --Suzanne Collins The only ray of hope has come from my sister. Twilight --Stephanie Meyer “Oh come on,” I said dubiously. dubiously Immortal in Death --J.D. Robb She scanned the menu and settled on the stuffed shells supreme. dubious The Book Thief --Markus Zusak His writing ability was considered himself lucky. to say the least, but he Any form of the word “dubious” will appear once in every 922 pages of text.

ruminate: think about something over and over syn: contemplate, perseverate, mullant: ignore, forgetForms: N: ruminationV: ruminate, ruminates, ruminated,ruminatingAdj: ruminative Adv: 00Relatives: ruminant (cud-chewing animal); rumorrumination He remained in a state of empty and peaceful until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. Metamorphosis --Franz Kafka ruminate, I was afraid I’d agonize, rationalize and talk myself into not going. The Kite-Runner --Khaled Hosseini ruminated, What I know is plotted, and set down. Henry V --WS rumination. Catch-22 --Joseph Heller He rested a while in critical Any form of the word “ruminate” will appear once in every 2,617 pages of text.

sever: to cut syn: truncate, terminate, amputateant: extend, unite, spliceForms: N: severance V: sever, severs, severed, severingAdj: 00 Adv: 00severedThe ropes fell away. HP and the Deathly Hollows --J.K. Rowling severed Angela the connection. Brisingr --Christopher Paolini The bullet had hit him in the shoulder, tendons and ligaments, shattering bone. The Looking-Glass War --Frank Beddor severed. Now Palmgren was gone, and another tie to established society had been The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo --Stieg Larsson severing Any form of the word “sever” will appear once in every 626 pages of text.

resplendent : luxuriously decorated syn: opulent, ostentatious, lavishant: modest, spare, austere, sparseForms: N: resplendenceV: 00Adj: resplendent Adv: resplendentlyRelatives: splendid; splendorresplendent He wore a dressing gown and embroidered slippers. The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot --Agatha Christie resplendent She saw the leaves in the sun; she heard the sounds of the city, faint and sweet, like thousands of distant violins. The Incredible Lightness of Being --Milan Kundera resplendent Razor creases on his pants and white shirts were his trademarks. Drown --Junot Diaz resplendent Gone With the Wind --Margaret Mitchell He was in new clothes and a greatcoat with a dashing cape thrown back from his heavy shoulders. Any form of the word “resplendent” will appear once in every 1,864 pages of text.

discord: quarrelsome atmosphere; tension between people syn: dispute, disagreementant: harmony, accordForms: N: discordV: 00Adj: discordant Adv: discordantlydiscordcrept among us. But then HP and the Order of the Phoenix --J.K. Rowling discord. This was the cause of constant Love in the Time of Cholera --Gabriel Garcia Marquez discord He had seen some minor and name-calling. The Crystal Shard --R.A. Salvatore discord. We have remained close, however, and have glimpsed islands of This I Believe II --Jay Allison, et. al. agreement while navigating the rapids of Any form of the word “discord” will appear once in every 625 pages of text.

invective: a scolding with harsh words syn: diatribe, vituperation, tiradeant: praise, adoration, adulationForms: N: invectiveV: 00Adj: 00 Adv: 00invective.Then she burst into intolerable Of Human Bondage --Somerset Maugham invectives He occasionally broke forth into sentences composed of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets --Stephen Crane joined together in a long string. invective He began to hate them vehemently, and to assail them with every Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance --Robert Pirsig kind of he could think of. invective. He was divided between the impulse to laugh aloud and the equally Middlemarch --George Elliot unseasonable impulse to burst into scornful Any form of the word “invective” will appear once in every 2,300 pages of text.

wistful: in a day-dreaming state of mind syn: dreamy, nostalgicForms: N: wistfulness; V:00; Adj: wistful Adv: wistfullywistfullyI could see them smilingat us. A Walk to Remember --Nicholas Sparks wistful wistfully He thought of the guys out on the football field in the sweet, fresh wind, tossing the ball around before practice began. The Chocolate Wars --Robert Cormier He looked so as he went away, hearing the frolic and evidently having none of his own. Little Women --Louisa May Alcott wistfulness And all the while the dog sat and watched him, a certain yearning in his eyes, for it looked upon him as a fire-provider, and the fire was slow in coming. To Build a Fire --Jack London Any form of the word “wistful “will appear once in every 533 pages of text.

didactic: teacher-ish, in a condescending way syn: pedantic; professorialForms: N: didacticism; autodidact V: 00; Adj: didactic Adv: didacticallydidactic, His tone was becoming a little bit and this both amused and irritated her. Doctor Zhivago --Boris Pasternak didactic, Always he went into a learned exposition of the diabolical purposes of cinnabar. One Hundred Years of Solitude --Gabriel Garcia Marquez didactic. Monsieur the Principal thinks my thesis aught to be dogmatic and The Three Musketeers --Alexander Dumas didactic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance –Robert M. Pirsig He could think of no possible way he could tell them what they should work toward without falling back into the trap of authoritarian, thinking. Any form of the word “didactic” will appear once in every 3,784 pages of text.

undulate: to move in a slow, waving motion syn: unstable, unpredictable, combativeant: placid, stable, predictable, docileForms: N: undulation; V: undulate, undulates, undulated, undulatingAdj: Adv:00undulatingBelow, the surface of the water was anmirror of brightness. The Pearl --John Steinbeck undulating, A silver ring fish floated by them, and closing like an iris, instantly, around food particles, to assimilate them. The Martian Chronicles --Ray Bradbury undulated Ripples of cold over Harry’s skin. HP and the Deathly Hollows --J.K. Rowling undulating Fighting exhaustion, the two climbers continued up the ridge above. Into Thin Air --Jon Krakauer Any form of the word “undulating will appear once in every 1,051 pages of text.

guileless guileless: without trickery syn: sincere, ingenuous, innocentant: insincere, disingenuous, sly, craftyForms: N: guile; V: beguile, beguiles, beguiled, beguiling; Adj: 00; Adv: 00Relatives: gullible, disguise, guiseguileless, Calm, and sometimes childishly animated, they looked like fat fifty-year-olds pretending to be fourteen. The Unbearable Lightness of Being --Kundera Milan and innocent. The Joy Luck Club --Amy Tan With her smooth face, she looked like a young girl, frail, guileless, guileless earnestness. A Thousand Splendid Suns --Khaled Hosseini His look was one of conviction, of yet ironclad Airborn --Kenneth Oppel His eyes were wide and as those of a boy. Any form of the word “guileless” will appear once in every 1,399 pages of text.

Blight: disease, visible marks of decay syn: degeneration,afflictionant: robustness Forms: N: blight, blightsV: blight, blights, blighted,blighting Adj: 00 Adv: 00blightedFive figures wandered slowly over the lands. A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy --Douglass Adams blight This sort of person is a on good professionalism. Remains of the Day --Kazuo Ishiguro blight Angela’s Ashes --Frank McCourt She says ‘twould break your heart to think what the English did to us, but if they didn’t put the on the potato, they didn’t do anything to take it off. Any form of the word “blight” will appear once in every 825 pages of text. blighted Like a The Demolished Man --Alfred Bester tree, Reich fell to the ground.

ethereal: of the air or heavens syn: celestial, insubstantial, airy, otherworldlyant: earthly, earthbound, quotidian, mundaneForms: N: ether; V: 00; Adj: ethereal; Adv: ethereally Relative: EthernetMist floated just above the ground ,and ghostlike.A Bend in the Road --Nicholas Sparks ethereal ethereal. Surrounded by a streetlight halo, she looked almost The Wedding --Nicholas Sparks ethereal The wrought-iron fence added a spooky touch to an setting. True Believer --Nicholas Sparks ethereal You have to kill them in their physical and forms before they die. City of Bones --Cassandra Clare Any form of the word “ethereal will appear once in every 1,941 pages of text.

ascetic: N: a person who is 100% dedicated to religious pursuits; Adj: severely devoted to religion at the sacrifice of worldly mattersant: libertine, hedonist Forms: N: ascetic, ascetics,asceticism V: 00asceticA gluttonous ? Such a contradiction! Ender’s Game --Orson Scott Card ascetic But I am no longer the one I was, I am no anymore, I am not a priest any more, I am no Brahmin any more. Siddhartha --Herman Hesse ascetic Hester sought not to acquire anything beyond a subsistence, of the plainest and most simple abundance for her child. The Scarlet Letter --Nathaniel Hawthorne ascetic His suits fitted him as though he had borrowed them from a stout z friend, and his face, seldom suggestive of his profession, was now not at all so; it could have been than of an occult pursuits. absorbed in In Cold Blood --Truman Capote Any form of the word “ascetic” will appear once in every 1,113 pages of text.

notorious: well-known for a negative quality or behaviorsyn: scandalousForms: N: notorietyV: 00 Adj: notorious Adv: notoriouslynotoriousThe men were jailed in one of Central Africa’s most prisons. Outcasts United --Warren St. John notoriously Chinese officials are late. The Bourne Supremacy --Robert Ludlum notorious He’s for saying no to everything. Angela’s Ashes --Frank McCourt notorious Secluded five miles up a rutted dirt track, the played-out mine was a party spot. Crank --Ellen Hopkins Any form of the word “notorious” will appear once in every 505 pages of text.

chasm: a deep empty space syn: abyss, gulf, gorgeant: mountainForms: N: chasm, chasmsV: 00; Adj: 00Adv: 00chasm. Cold laughter echoed from the The Lighting Thief --Rick Riordan chasm The Two Towers --J.R.R. Tolkien A cliff was on their left and a on their right. Uglies --Scott Westerfield But her first problem was getting across the chasm. October Sky --Homer Hickham There was nothing between us but a dark chasm. Any form of the word “chasm” will appear once in every 1,078 pages of text.

reticent: reluctant to speak syn: taciturn, diffidentant: garrulous, loquaciousForms: N: reticenceV: 00Adj: reticentAdv: reticentlyreticentNassar, by nature, withdrew almost completely. Zeitoun --Dave Eggers reticent He took my hand as we walked to the river, which surprised me because he was normally to show affection in public. The Poisonwood Bible --Barbara Kingsolver reticent. Pour your heart out to me, Bessie. Don’t be Franny and Zooey --J.D. Salinger reticent A fellow, he made no reply. Howard’s End --E.M. Forster Any form of the word “reticent” will appear once in every 1,374 pages of text.