PPT-Vocab List 1:

Important words you should know 1 Brevity n conciseness gets to the point in speech or writing with brevity 2 Pithy adj brief but full of meaning short but sweet   3 Taciturn . The Crucible/Catcher in the Rye. 1. Theocracy (n). - government by priests claiming to rule with divine authority. 2. Autocracy (n). - government by a single person or small group that has unlimited power or authority (could be a theocracy; another kind is plutocracy, gov’t by the rich). /Gatsby. 1. Hubris (n)- . excessive pride; arrogance. 2. Humility (n)- . modesty; understanding one’s importance. 3. Requisite (. adj. )- . required, essential, or necessary for a task. 4. Contrived (. Game Unit 1. Match each . vocab. word with the . picture.. Round 1 . Round 2 . Answers. Aperture. Banter. Nomenclature. Moratorium. Antiquated. Morose. Aversion. Doyenne. Manifest. Crepuscular. Hullabaloo. Into the Wild. 1. Trough (n). - lowest point of something. 2. Amalgam (n). - mixture; combination (of). 3. Anomaly (n). - abnormality; exception; peculiarity. 4. Amphibious (. adj. ). - having a mixed nature; the ability to conform and thrive in different environments. SAT & Content Words . Hemorrhages. Ostracized. Qualms. Compulsory. Groping. Sadistic. Ironical. Exhibitionist. Literary Terms. Objective Narrator. Point of View. First Person Narrative. Second Person. September 29, 2014. Get out your POS Guide Sheet . Navigate (Verb). sail or travel . over a . stretch of water or . terrain, . especially carefully or with difficulty.. Schooner (Noun) . a sailing ship with two or more . 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. . Trench Warfare. Schlieffen Plan. U Boats. TASK. Get into groups of two or three. You have one minute to decide how to act out these vocab words SILENTLY!. Act out for class and share why you acted it out the way you did according to the definition. 2. : . Catcher in the Rye. 1.. . Hemorrhage (n). - a widespread or uncontrolled loss of something (usually blood). 2.. . Ostracized (v/. adj. ). – excluded from a group; embarrassed. 3. .. . Pacifist (n). 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. Level D, . Pds. . 3, 7 & 8. 1. adjourn. Connotation:. 2. . alien. Connotation:. Unit __ Vocab (pp. __). 4. . compensate. Connotation:. 3. . . c. omely. Connotation:. 6.erratic. Connotation:. 5. . dissolute. 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. 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. Ch. 1-4. p. alpable. t. ransgression. a. ptitude. c. hastise. p. etulantly. r. emorse. h. asten. c. hortled. Vocab . ch. 1-4 due Wednesday 10/30. On the test. : . foreshadowing and point of view. List One: .