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Words High School Volume II: Scrutiny: Slide 2Acquiesce: Slide 3Exonerate: Slide 4Plaintive: Slide 5Perfidy: Slide 6Formidable: Slide 7Redress: Slide 8Kindred: Slide 9Plunder: Slide 10 Intuitive: Slide 19 Rapt: Slide 20Malicious: Slide 21Oscillate: Slide 22Augment: Slide 23Cacophony: Slide 24Herald: Slide 25 Dissipate: Slide 11 Portend: Slide 12 Periphery: Slide 13 Animosity: Slide 14 Contrite: Slide 15 Depravity: Slide 16 Attrition: Slide 17 Indifference: Slide 18

scrutiny. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo --Stieg Larsson Because of their relationship, he came under closescrutinyThe Life of Pi --Yann Martel I returned to the horizon, my hopes high.On closerit was evident that she was fourteen. Les Miserables--Victor Hugoscrutinizing scrutinized, Every arrival on this campus will be checked hourly. the grounds The Bourne Supremacy --Robert Ludlum Scrutiny: close examination Syn: perusal, investigation Ant: glimpse Forms: N: scrutiny V: scrutinize, scrutinizes scrutinized, scrutinizing Adj: 00 Adv: 00 Any form of the word “scrutiny” will appear once in every 477 pages of text.

acquiesced. acquiescedMurder on the Orient Express --Agatha ChristieHector McQueenwillingly in the search. acquiescing acquiesceAcquiesce: surrenderDracula --Bram Stokerhave sat up had I tried., for I was dog tired, and could not I could not but passiveness of a sufferer resigned to the surgeon’s touch. She had a sense of The House of Mirth --Edith Wharton in the plan with the He’d flattered me--he understood me well enough to know I Girl Interrupted --Susanna Kaysen craved flattery—and in gratitude, I Syn: capitulate Ant: refuse Forms: N: acquiescence V: acquiesce, asquiesces acquiesced, acquiescing Adj: acquiescent Adv: acquiescently Related: quiet Any form of the word “acquiesce” will appear once in every 656 pages of text.

exonerates me.I can think of no answer thatThe Poisonwood Bible--Barbara Kingsolverexoneratesexonerated Exonerate: undo a conviction; prove thatan accused or convicted person is not guiltySo before you read what’s in that thing, tell me a story thatsquares with its details andSnow Falling on Cedars --David Gutersonyourself in my eyes. And Then There Were None --Agatha Christie suspicion. No one of us can be completely from exonerated The Eldest --Christopher Paolini She knew that even if she was she could not return to her previous existence. of the murder, syn: vindicate, pardon ant: condemn related: onus (burden) Forms: N: exoneration V: exonerate, exonerates, exonerated, exonerating Adj: 00 Adv: 00 Any form of the word “exonerate” will appear once in every 4,359 pages of text.

plaintive plaintively.“I don’t want no trouble,” he saidOf Mice and Men--John Steinbeckplaintiveplaintive The melody, sung in low tones, spoke beyondits notes.Black: The Birth of Evil --Ted Dekker She made a sound I had not heard them make before, a shriek. Airborn --Kenneth Oppel The Guardian --Nicholas Sparks “I don’t want to talk to you,” she said, hating her tone. Plaintive: mournful; expressing sadness through a sound syn: sorrowful ant: cheerful relative: complain Forms: N: 00 V: 00 Adj: plaintive Adj: plaintively Any form of the word “plaintive” will appear once in every 1,021 pages of text.

perfidy should be left there to remind the Irish of EnglishAngela’s Ashes --Frank McCourtHe says you’ll see the bullet holes all over the front and theyperfidyperfidy, perfidy.dangerous neighborhood and ordered her throat cut.So, she discovered my and I had her lured to aGlory in Death --J.D. Robb Perfidy: betrayal syn: treachery; infidelity; untrustworthiness; faithlessness ant: fidelity, loyalty Forms : N: perfidy V: 00 Adj: perfidious Adv: perfidiously In spite of my HP and the Deathly Hollows --J.K. Rowling she was desperate to see me one more time. The Once and Future King --T.H. White It is ingratitude, treachery! Any form of the word “perfidy” will appear once in every 1,587 pages of text.

formidable, and I am quite exhausted by it all. A Great and Terrible Beauty --Libba BrayThat will of iron isformidable formidableself-control.For a moment, the girl seemed to lose herEldest --Christopher PaoliniFormidable: intimidating in size and power You would make a opponent, I’m sure. Brisingr --Chrisopher Paolini syn: imposing; enormous; intimidating; impressive ant: diminutive; meek; insignificant Forms: N: 00 V: 00 Adj: formidable Adv: formidable formidable Eragon --Christopher Paolini Eragon eyed her claws and said, “Wait!” Any form of the word “formidable” will appear once in every 331 pages of text.

Julius Caesar --Wm Shakespeare What is now amiss that Caesar and his Senate mustredressredress?Redress: the process of seeing justicefor denial of rights syn: recompense; amends; reparationsForms: N: redressV: redress, redresses, redressed, redressingAdj: 00 Adv: 00Wrongs have to be The Once and Future King--T.H. White by reason, not by force. Could anything be done to Strength in What Remains --Tracy Kidder these inequities? redressed redress and seek a Native Son --Richard Wright “But the question must be asked, “If this boy thought that he was somehow wronged, why did he not go into a court of law of grievances? Any form of the word “redress” will appear once in every 1,165 pages of text.

spirit, and then I knew out friendship was intact. Then he smiled a familiar smile, the smile of aStephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawnkindredkindred spirits.His mother and I wereThe Other Wes Moore,Wes MooreIn her he recognized aspirit.kindred Matthew and I are such spirits I can read his Anne of Green Gables --Lucy Maud Montgomery thoughts without any words at all. kindred spirits just beyond our family ties. We are somehow The Ultimate Gift, Jim Stovall Kindred: related by blood, or seeming to be related by blood; compatible Forms: N: kin, kinship, kinfolk V: 00 Adj: kindred Adv: 00 Relatives: kind

plunder. plunderSlaughterhouse 5 --Kurt VonnegutHe was arrested forplunder.plundering. Force is all they know, force, fraud andAtlas Shrugged --Ayn RandPlunder: V: raid for the purpose of stealingN: stolen goodssyn: loot, pillageForms: N: plunderV: plunder, plunders, plundered, plundering Adj: plunderous Adv: 00 their and dwarves, wherever they can find them; and they guard Dragons steal gold and jewels, you know, from men and elves The Hobbit --J.R.R. Tolkien as long as they live. king interested only in personal glory and triumphant The Crystal Shard --R.A. Salvatore Everything now hinged on the assent of Heafstaag, a brutal Any form of the word “plunder” will appear once in every 380 pages of text.

dissipated down the road.Slowly the voices outsideThe Help--Kathryn Stockettdissipate dissipate. They were both half-dressed and growing colder as theirheat began toThe Lovely Bones --Alice SeboldDissipate: scatter widely until gone;lose intensity syn: dispel; attenuate ant: intensify; amplify; fortify Forms: N: dissipation V: dissipate, dissipates, dissipated, dissipating Breaking Dawn --Stephanie Meyer The mist swiftly, but I held my shield in place. Miles felt tired. A Bend in the Road --Nicholas Sparks In the wake of the adreneline rush that was slowly dissipating, Any form of the word “dissipate” will appear once in every 623 pages of text.

portents portentsGrendel --John Gardner by lightning, are ominousThree dead trees on the moor below, burned up alive Would anyone like me to help them interpret the shadowywithin their Orb? HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban--J.K. Rowlingportents.portents There had been no signs or , no secret signals. The Devil’s Arithmetic --Jane Yolen Portent: sign that evil is on its way Syn : omen, harbinger Root : port: to carry Relatives : important, import, export, portable, deport Forms: N: portent, portents V: portend, portends, portended, portending Adj: 00 Adv: 00 been strange The Fellowship of the Ring --J.R.R. Tolkien “It has been guessed already,” said Ingold;” for there have here of late. Any form of the word “portent” will appear once in every 3,748 pages of text.

Native Speaker --Chang-Rae Lee Leila and I tended to dwell around the corners, along theperiphery tossed but detached. Langdon felt like a ship on the Angels and Demons --Dan Brownof a storm…periphery. Ari hung back on the Saving the World and OtherExtreme Sports--James Patterson periphery. periphery The Kite Runner --Khaled Hosseini Hassan milled about the of my life after that. Any form of the word “periphery” will appear once in every 3,023 pages of text. Periphery: edge Syn : margin Root : peri: around Relatives : perimeter Forms: N: periphery V: 00 Adj: peripheral Adv: 00

Gone with the Wind --Margaret Mitchell His one eye met hers with an impersonalintoJacob didn’ like the reminder; the pain in his eyes hardenedEclipse--Stephenie Meyer animosity.animosity.Animosity: hatred; resentmentSyn: animus, hatred, bad blood, ill will Ant: alliance, friendship,camaraderie, congenialityForms: N: animosity V:00 Adj: 00 Adv: 00 Cujo --Stephen King Its eyes glared at then with steady, sunken Eragon --Christopher Paolini that resisted intruders. There was an unfriendly feel in the air an animosity animosity. Any form of the word “animosity” will appear once in every 1,351 pages of text.

Contrition October Sky --Homer Hickam “I’m sorry you lost your rocket stuff,” he told me, trulycontrite.The Power and the Glory --Graham Greene I shall feeland be forgiven.She didn’t feel he was sufficiently Outcasts United--Warren St. Johncontrite. and remember Our Lord Now say an Act of watches you every minute. Angela’s Ashes --Frank McCourt Contrite: sorry Syn: repentant, rueful Forms: N: contrition V: 00 Adj: contrite Adv: contritely contrition Any form of the word “contrite” will appear once in every 3,636 pages of text.

depravity depravity. To me, religion is about our dignity, not ourLife of Pi--Yann Marteldepravity? Was there no end to theirArtemis Fowl --Aoin ColferDepravity: evil; outside the boundaries of human decencySyn: degeneracyAnt: normalcy Forms: N: depravityV: 00Adj: depraved Adv: 00 depraved You’re dangerous and Catch-22 --Joseph Heller taken out and shot. and you ought to be Rose Red --Stephen King I have prayed—to both sides– to release me from this of thought. Any form of the word “depravity” will appear once in every 1,112 pages of text.

Suzanne Collins --The Hunger Gamesbut my voice cracks. I try to soundof them. They were both to what people might think Love in the Time of Cholera--Gabriel Garcia Marquezindifferentto him and his suffering. The pure, colorless vastness of the sky stretched over him,HP and the Deathly Hollows --J. K. Rowling indifferent indifferent indifferent, Indifferent: not caring, having no opinion Anna Karenina --Leo Tolstoy The government obviously is guided by abstract considerations, and remains to the influence its measures may exercise. Syn: apathetic, neutral, blase Ant: passionate, ardent, fervent Forms: N: indifference V: 00 Adj: indifferent Adv: indifferently Any form of the word “indifferent” will appear once in every 295 pages of text.

intuitive Intuitively,Drown --Junot Diaz I knew how easily distances could harden and become permanent. is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life. The boy was beginning to understand thatThe Alchemist --Paolo CoelhoIntuitive: having unexplainable powers of knowing and understanding Syn: perceptive Ant: dense, obtuse Relatives: tuition, tutor Forms: N: intuition V: intuit, intuits, intuited, intuiting Adj: intuitive Adv: intuitively intuition people was much greater. She was far more The Color Purple --Alice Walker than I. Her gift for understanding intuitive Bella, for a fairly person, you can be so obtuse! Eclipse --Stephanie Meyer Any form of the word “intuitive” will appear once in every 596 pages of text.

admiration and abject fear. I was filled with a mix of Life of Pi--Yann Martelraptrapt and open-mouthed. He was too busy staring at Isabelle, City of Bones --Cassandra ClareRapt: stunned with amazementsyn: mezmerizedant: bored, distractedRelatives: rapture, enrapture October Sky --Homer Hickam attention. Our six hundred faces gazed up at the little man in rapt rapt The Wedding --Nicholas Sparks I filled her in on the progress, watching her attention as she tried to imagine it. Any form of the word “rapt” will appear once in every 430 pages of text.

maliciously. maliciousamusement.Three of four faces looked at him inThe Power and the Glory --Graham GreeneMalicious: intending to do harm to a person or animalstepped back from him.was in them that men His eyes glittered. Such The Two Towers--J.R.R. TolkienSyn: evil, toxic, spiteful, vindictive, venomous, malevolent Ant: benign, benevolent Origin: mal: bad Forms: N: malice, maliciousness V:00 Adj: malicious Adv: maliciously malice Second Inaugural Address --Abraham Lincoln With toward none,with charity for all… HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban --J. K. Rowling Malfoy elbowed past Hermione to block Harry’s way up the stone steps to the castle, his face gleeful and his pale eyes glinting malice Any form of the word “malicious” will appear once in every 307 pages of text.

oscillating As I turned away to continue walking up the trail, my emotionsoscillating A small fan satin the corner.A Walk to Remember--Nicholas Sparks oscillatingoscillatedA needle within her wavered for a moment , burning betweenits way between two courses.Atlas Shrugged --Ayn Rand Oscillate: Move or change in a steady, back-and-forth pattern Syn: vacillate; waffle Ant: stagnate Forms: N: oscillation V: oscillate, oscillates, oscillated, oscillating Adj: 00 Adv: 00 Into Thin Air --Jon Krakauer between childhood, which still held them in its clasp, and their awakening as man and woman. They spent that summer House of Spirits --Isabelle Allende between nervous anticipation and a nearly overwhelming sense of dread. Any form of the word “oscillate” will appear once in every 2,326 pages of text.

Synonyms: Antonyms: Forms: N: augmentationV: augment, augments, augmented, augmentingAdj: 00Adv: 00Augment: to increaseaugmented The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby donations.The libraries were Robinson Crusoe --Daniel Defoelittle improvement, your flocks increased, and your subjects When you inspect your little kingdom, you will find in it some augmented. augmented Uglies --Scott Westerfield their diets with fish caught from the river, and Tally roasted a rabbit on a fire she’d built herself. They augmenting The Prince and the Pauper --Mark Twain The procession moved on, and still on, through ever splendors of welcome. Any form of the word “augment” will appear once in every 803 pages of text.

cacophony of the attack.His harsh words cut through theUglies--Scott Westerfieldcacophonycacophony Syn: racketRelatives: phon (sound): symphony, telephone, phonics, Forms: N: cacophonyV: 00Adj: cacophonousAdv: 00Cacophony: loud, unpleasant noise Any form of the word “cacophony” will appear once in ever 12,548 pages of text. The Hound of Rowan --Henry H. Neff He was suddenly assailed by a great of voices. cacophony Angela’s Ashes --Frank McCourt rattles, asthmatic wheezes, consumptive croaks. It created a of hacking coughs, bronchial of bullets. Nineteen Minutes --Jodi Picoult There was a discharge of bullets and a