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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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.
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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
infraction pillage restitution stalwart vulnerable
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.