PPT-Vocab lesson 2

English 9 Vocabulary Mrs Smith Amends uh mendz Restitution for a wrong something done to makeup for an insult or injury I hope to make amends early in the new year Animated . 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). /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 (. #8. : . 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. : . 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). SAT & Content Words . Hemorrhages. Ostracized. Qualms. Compulsory. Groping. Sadistic. Ironical. Exhibitionist. Literary Terms. Objective Narrator. Point of View. First Person Narrative. Second Person. Level C, . Pds. . 2 & 4. 1. annul. Connotation: . 2. blasé . Connotation:. Unit 4 Vocab (pp. 52-53). 4. deplore. Connotation:. 3. bolster. Connotation:. 6. muster. Connotation:. 5. frivolous. Connotation:. 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. 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. ). - able to conform and thrive in different environments; of a . The Crucible. Terse (. adj. ) . - describes when someone speaks abruptly and rudely. Calumny (n). . - defamation; slander/libel; false accusations meant to ruin someone. Arbitrate (v). - mediate; negotiate; to act as an impartial judge in order to settle a dispute. 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. augment. augury. . avarice. . balm. beguile. bestow. blanch. blasphemous. buffeted. . censure. champion (verb). chide. . clamor. cloister (verb). confound. corporeal. . daunt. deft. diminution. Please get out your vocab and get ready for unit 4!. Make sure these are going in your binder under the vocab tab. Inkling (n).  – a hint; a vague notion. ​I had an inkling that the game time was going to be moved because of the clouds rolling in.. List. Phaedrus’ Fables. A fable is a story in which . animals. speak and act like human beings.. Usually the fable illustrates a . moral. .. The most famous writer of fables was the Greek writer, .