PPT-Vocab 7.2: Describing what people and things

were like amp conveniences Describing what people and things were like el aire puro fresh air aventurero adventurous bondadoso kind consentido spoiled la . The Crucible. 1. . Confounded . (. adj. /v). - . confused. 2. . Incredulously . (adv). - . doubtfully; skeptically. ; with questions or . reservations. 3. Conciliatory (. adj. ). - soothing, cooperative, or apologetic (esp. in a tense, angry situation). The . Crucible . & Catcher. Terse (. adj. ) . - describes when someone speaks abruptly and rudely. Calumny (n). . - defamation; slander/libel; false accusations meant to ruin someone. Arbitrate (v). Puritan Poems, Speeches, & Transcendentalist Texts. 1. Improvisation (n). - the act of doing or performing something without prior practice. 2. Martyr (n). - a person who willingly suffers death or some type of severe consequence in order to uphold a principle or belief (religious martyrs are the most common). Into the Wild. 1. Affluent (. adj. ). - wealthy. 2. Emulate (v). - to strive to equal or surpass an example of something. 3. Asceticism (n). - quality of depriving oneself of luxuries; simplicity; anti-materialism. : . Poetry/. The . Great . Gatsby. 1. . Feign (v)- . to make believe; pretend. 2. . Supercilious. . (. adj. )- . arrogant; smug. 3. . . Complacent. . (. adj. )- . smug or comfortable, without awareness of some potential danger or defect. SAT & Content Words . Hemorrhages. Ostracized. Qualms. Compulsory. Groping. Sadistic. Ironical. Exhibitionist. Literary Terms. Objective Narrator. Point of View. First Person Narrative. Second Person. Week 3. . Reiterate. In an attempt to preserve what precious little sanity I have left, I rarely reiterate directions. . Verb. Pacify. We tried to pacify the baby by rocking her until she stopped crying. . Into the Wild. 1. Affluent (. adj. ). - wealthy. 2. Emulate (v). - to strive to equal or surpass an example of something. 3. Asceticism (n). - quality of depriving oneself of luxuries; simplicity; anti-materialism. AP Physics. Chapter 2. Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension. AP Physics. Section 2-1 Reference Frames and Displacement. Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension. IA1a - . . Students should understand the general relationships among position, velocity, and acceleration for the motion of a particle along a straight line . 2. (v) to conclude from facts or observations. 3. (v) to draw out or pull out with effort. 4. (v) to suggest or express indirectly; hint. 5. (v) to restrict; curtail, to shorten; to cut short; . . reduce the length of. Module 3. Describing Families. 1. RDA Chapters 8 . and 10. Module 3. Describing Families. 2. Families as creators. Families create records (archives). Families create serials (e.g. newsletters). Families create monographs (e.g. a family cookbook). 1A. 1. A, D. 2. C, B. 3. C, D. 4. C, B. 5. B, A. 6. C, B. 7. D, B. 8. C, A. 9. A, D. 10. B, C. 1B. 1. EXCRUCIATING. 2. BRUSQUENESS. 3. TURBULENT. 4. DEMEAN. 5. PROPRIETOR. 6. REBUFFED. 7. AVID. 8. RESILIENT. Module 4. Module 4. Describing Corporate Bodies. 1. RDA Chapters 8 . and 11. 2. Module 4. Describing Corporate Bodies. Definition of Corporate Body. (RDA 8.1.2). The term . corporate body. refers to an organization or group of persons and/or organizations that is identified by a particular name and that acts, or may act, as a unit.. RDA Training. University of Nevada, . Las Vegas. May 2013. Please log in to RDA. Please . feel free to sign up later for a month’s free access so you can practice (see handout). Module 17. Describing Serials and Integrating Resources.