PPT-Vocab Words Week 2 Mr .

Matzka noun a tirade a long pompous speech harangue People stopped listening after the first five minutes of his awful selfabsorbed harangue adj habitually engaged in licentious or . 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 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). : . 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. 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. TKAM Vocab List. Week 1 . Vocab . day 1. perpetrated. (vb.): carried out; committed. quelled. (vb.): To . quell. is to overwhelm something until it is . powerless . analogous. (adj.): similar; comparable. : . 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. (noun) . a youth. stripling. The jury overlooked the idea that he was only a . stripling. , and they tried him as an adult.. (verb) to drive together so that one slides into the other like the sections of a spy-glass. How Vocabulary is Tested . on the ACT. So today's tests are more complex than the one above from 1926; they try to test your understanding not only of the textbook definition of the word, but your . abstruse. (. adj. ) . difficult to understand. boisterous. (. adj. ) Louder than need be. exacerbate. (verb) to make more sharp or severe. fastidious. (. adj. ) hard to please. gregarious. (. adj. economical. (. adj. ) frugal, thrifty, cheap. emancipate. (v) to free from some external control; to liberate. engulf. (v) to surround or enclose completely. entourage. (n) one’s associates or friends; your crew. ideology. (n) a system of ideas and/or beliefs. idiosyncrasy. (n) a behavioral quirk. imminent. (. adj. ) just about to happen. impeccable. (. adj. ) flawless. inaugurate. (v) to begin officially. economical. (. adj. ) frugal, thrifty, cheap. emancipate. (v) to free from some external control; to liberate. engulf. (v) to surround or enclose completely. entourage. (n) one’s associates or friends; your crew. Vocab Words Week 3 Mr . Matzka bamboozle (v) To cheat or trick banter (n) a playful conversation; good natured teasing belligerent ( adj ) ready to fight benign ( adj ) harmless, mild, kind bizarre