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American Literature Spring 2013 The rundown Warm ups will vary in this class but most days you will have five vocabulary words and definitions to copy down Every two weeks you will have a quiz over the last two units ID: 232526

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Slide1

Vocabulary

American Literature

Spring 2013Slide2

The rundown. . .

-Warm ups will vary in this class, but most days, you will have five vocabulary words and definitions to copy down.

-Every two weeks you will have a quiz over the last two units.

-You will also have one-two unit tests over the vocabulary for this semester.

Slide3

Unit 1 Vocabulary (Monday 1/7/13

Please write down the words and definitions.

1. austere (

adj)

: without adornment or luxury, simple, plain

2. beneficent (

adj)

: performing acts of kindness or charity

3. cadaverous (

adj)

: pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

4. concoct

(v.)

: to devise, invent, fabricate

5. crass

(adj.)

: coarse, unfeeling Slide4

Unit 1 (continued). . .

6. Debase

(v.)

: to lower in character/ quality/value

7. Desecrate

(v.)

: to contaminate, pollute

8. Disconcert

(v.)

: to confuse, to unsettle

9. Grandiose

(adj.)

: impressive or stately

10. Inconsequential

(adj.)

: trivial, pettySlide5

SAT Question of the day: 1/8/13

Uncontrolled harvesting of forests for timber could

effect

(A) the weather because land

covered by

(B) large trees absorbs and

releases

(C) twice as much moisture as

that which is

(D) covered by smaller plans.

No error.

(E)Slide6

11. Infraction:

(n.)

a violation, transgression

12. Mitigate:

(v.)

to lessen, relieve

13. Pillage:

(v.)

the act of looting

14. Prate:

(v.)

to chatter, prattle, babble

15. Punctilious:

(adj.)

precise, scrupulous, fussySlide7

16. Redoubtable:

(adj.)

inspiring fear or awe

17. Reprove:

(v.)

to find fault with, scold

18. Restitution:

(n.)

the act of restoring to the rightful owner or to a former state

19.Stalwart:

(adj.)

brave

20. Vulnerable:

(adj).

capable of being woundedSlide8

beneficent cadaverous crass grandiose inconsequential

1. Randy’s

supervisors thought that his contributions to the

company had been either nonexistent or _____, so they

withheld promotion from him.

2. That

night the comedian was so _____ and offensive that half

his audience left before he finished his act.

3. The

source of conflict in many fairy tales, myths, and legends

is the struggle of the _____ protagonist against the forces

of a

wicked

or selfish

antagonist.

4. The

ravaging effects of the long drought could plainly be

seen in the _____ appearance of animals that scavenged in

the area.Slide9

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Poet

Emily Dickinson wrote “ The sweets of _____ can be known/To no one but the Thief.”

A successful formula for action/adventure films blends dazzling stunt work with a series of seemingly unavoidable traps from which the _____ heroes always manage to escape.

The judge ordered the defendant to make financial _____ to the clients he had bilked in the fraudulent real-estate scheme.

With modern traffic regulations, even a minor _____ can become a costly mistake due to fines and insurance penalties.