Vocabulary

(about 15 words per week, plus Latin roots, prefixes, suffixes = 20 words/week)

 * STUDENTS' OPTIONS for learning vocabulary**:

1. You may use vocab cards with the definition, part of speech, and sentence on the back. Bring **all** cards to class with you on vocab day.

OR

2. You may create your own Wiki pages for each week of vocabulary with the definition, part of speech, and sentence above the photograph. (You must have your hand-held device or computer in class to share with others on vocab day). **See example under "Opulence" on Wiki page.**

//**YOU MAY NOT SIMPLY LEARN VOCABULARY FROM GOING OVER LISTS. SUCH STUDY HABITS WILL PUT YOU IN MANDATORY CONFERENCE!**//

**Week I: from //The Great Gatsby//**
Opulence:shameful display of enormous wealth/ ostentation Frame:a story within a story Unreliable Narrator: first person point of view (of fiction) that is colored by the narrator's personal experience Feign: pretend Levity: joking/ humor Parcel: dole out Scorn: dislike, negative judgement Revelation: awe Gorgeous: beyond beautiful, exquisitely perfect Impressionable: easily influenced, follower Temperament: natural mood or character Prey [on]: take advantage of, perhaps even destroy Ephemeral: temporary, easily dissipated Prominent: upper or upper middle class: influential Clan: extended family Elation: great joy Literary: one who reads literature and reflects on ideas Sinister: evil Riotous:disorganized, unruly Proximity: near or next to (physical relationship)


 * Week 2: from //The Great Gatsby// and "Rip Van Winkle"**

//ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)// Sub: below, under "Over and Under" Trans: across, over Hyper: above, over, more //"More, more, more..."// //Super, supr, sur: above, over, more//

//VOCABULARY from the readings:// Savor: to relish in, as in a flavor Reproach: chastise or criticize verbally Imperative(ly): command or commandingly; forcefully Languid (ly): passively, gracefully, seductively Hulking: monstrous-like; overly muscular Unobtrusive(ly): not disrupting others; almost secretive Banter: superficial exchange of conversation Presently: soon; about to happen (does NOT mean currently!) Complacency: passive acceptance; not caring about goals Extemporize: a speech that is unprepared Turbulent: extreme roiling up (of emotions, bodies of water, etc.) Pastoral: of nature: rolling, green hills, trees, land and gardens Omnibus: a vehicle that carries many people (bus) Lurch: leap violently Sporadic: staccatto-like or intermittent Punctilious: prissy, precise, exact


 * Week 3: from "The Telltale Heart" and "Young Goodman Brown"**

//ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)// Fore:before, toward //"Before and After"// Post:after, behind Pre: before, toward Pro: forward, before //"Backward and Forward"// Retro: backwards

//VOCABULARY from the readings: The Great Gatsby and// "The Telltale Heart" Evasion: avoidance Gaudy: ostentatious, showy, vulgar Counterfeit (n): fake pose/ (adj) false Defunct: broken, no longer of use Harrowed: worried, disheveled Demoniac: devilish, evil, insane Reproach: chastisement, criticism Feudal: of Medieval era, almost ancient Billow: to float up and down in the wind, as in material (curtains) or clouds Colossal: gigantic Illusion: daydream, believing what you want to see, not what is real Dreadful(ly): extreme fear Hearken (Hark!): listen! Acute: extreme, almost painful Conceive: understand or contain


 * Week 4: from "The Telltale Heart" and //The Crucible//, Act I and II**

//ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)// Cir, circum: around //"Around and around"// Peri: around, surrounding, near Ad: to, toward //"Ways to move"// Re: back again Se: apart, away

//VOCABULARY from the readings:// Dissimulation: false appearance, hypocrisy Dissemble: to conceal, feign Cunning: clever, secretive Sagacity: wisdom Mortal: human, not eternal Suave: smooth personality, debonair, graceful Audacity: bold, daring Repose: resting Vehement: insistent, commanding Trifle: small, inconsequential thing or event Gesticulate: hand movements to emphasize speech Derision: insult by making fun of someone Encumbered: burdened by Titillated: sexually enticed, seduced by Triumvirate: a ruling power of three


 * Week 5: from //The Crucible//, Act III**

//ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)// Dia: through, across "Through" Per: through, across E, ec, ef, ex:out of, outside "Outside" Extra, exter: out of, outside, excessive

//VOCABULARY from the readings://

Apprehension: worry or hesitancy Heed: pay attention to, obey Ambitious: one who expects to attain his/her goals Contemplative: reflecting on events, rumination Oblivious: unaware of events; "out of it" Loquacious: talking too much, usually without thinking first Meticulous: careful; punctilious Deride: chastise or criticize Hubris: extreme arrogance, usually causing self-destruction Symbiotic: a relationship where two beings can not live without the other Circumvent: avoid; go around Dissolute: those who have no income, power, money or prestige in society Pretense: pretending; feign Lechery: the crime of adultery (usually applied to males) Charlatan: a fake; a con-man or woman Base: animalistic; instinctual (without thought or morals)


 * Week 6: from //The Crucible//, Act IV**

//ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)// Co, col: with, together //"All together"// Com, con: with, together Sym, syn: with, together Ab, abs: away, from //"Moving away"// Apo: away, from

//VOCABULARY from the readings: The Crucible//

Mitigate - to reduce, lessen Sorcery - witchcraft Entice: attract, influence Vengeance - revenge Topple - overthrow (as in a government) Contention - competition, contest, rivalry Trepidation - fear, alarm, agitation Conjure - produce, call upon Subservient - obedient, servile Naive - innocent, simple, lack of experience Menacingly - threateningly Dissolve - break down (as in a government) Inert - motionless Partisan - supporter of a person or a cause Faction - group or clique within a larger group Taunting - provoking, insulting Sniveling - whining Covenanted - married Notorious - widely known (for something negative) Just - justice (not "only" or "merely")


 * Week 7: from //A Lost Lady and Voices//:**

//ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)// Ant, anti: against //"Against"// Contra, counter: against Ob: facing, against Mono, uni: one "Numbers" Bi, du: two Tri: three Quad: four

//VOCABULARY from the readings://

//C//ontemptuous /Contempt - disdain, dislike Aesthetic - innate beauty of objects Chagrin - shame, embarrassment Rebuke - chastise Valet - male assistant, equivalent to a maid Exquisite(ness) - beautiful, gorgeous Tempered - mitigated, muted Retrenchment - act of cutting off, reduction Dread - great fear; extreme apprehension Sumptuous - Luxuriously fine, expensive, superb Rapt -fully engrossed or absorbed Inexhaustible- unfailing, tireless Impervious - unable to penetrate, impermeable Concur - agree with Launch - set out, Ignominious - discreditable, humiliating Fume - irritable, angry Onslaught - assault, attack Impelled - drive, cause, move onward Interjection - act of throwing between


 * Week 8:**


 * //Roots: From Red Hot Root Words://**

penta, quint - five sex, hexa - six sept, septum - seven oct, octo - eight nov, non - nine dec, deci, deca - ten (//Beside, between, among)// epi - on, beside, among inter - between, among para - beside, beyond

VOCABULARY from **//A Lost Lady// and //Voices://**

Dogma - singular belief system, rules Demagogue - a leader via emotional appeal Discomfited - uncomfortable, awkward Subversive - undermine authority Invalid - bed-ridden, unable to care for self Scandalous - an action or event that shocks society Pout - to have a sour, unhappy facial expression Imperial/ Imperious - authoritative, as if regal Sober - clear headed, rational Suffused - unclear, murky Amiable - friendly Fleur-de-lis - French motif for royalty Cutter - sleigh that cuts through the snow and ice Crystalline - clear and dazzling, like crystals Portly - fat in the torso, cumbersome of body Modulate - moderate the tone of voice Effectual - having an impact or effect on Disinclined - not intended to Contemptuous - deep dislike for, almost hatred

Roots: //"Down and Away"// Cata - down, away from de - down, away from tele - far, distance //" In and Into"// en, em - in, into, from in, im - in intro, intra - in, into
 * Week 9:**

Vocabulary from //The Grass Dancer// by Susan Power Inclined - propensity for,a tendancy toward Oblivious - out of touch with what is going on Rigid - stiff, inflexible Trained - responsive to Pavlovian response Glimpse - quick glance Exile - shunned, unable to communicate any longer with one's community Tresses - a woman's hair, often symbolic of her womanhood, sometimes curls Rasp - rough texture. A tool to remove rough textures and smooth them. A voice that is rough... the tool is rough in order to smooth. Commiserate - express of feel sympathiy or pity: to sympathize Inprudent - unwise, unthinking behavior, rash Piable - flexible, malleable Lacquered - a high polish paint, usually black, that shines and looks like ebony Delectable - delicious, sumptuous food Precarioius - uncertain, risky Gouge - dig out, create a vacuum or hole Majestic - regal, related to majesty or the ruling class Sage - noun for sagacity (wisdom) Penchant - propensity for, inclination toward Fabricate - create, weave, invocate Discreet - subtle, secretive Menagerie - collection of objects that are unlike Insufferable - difficult to tolerate, something one can not suffer to accept

Roots: mega - large, great (ex: megalith: large monument) multi, poly - many (ex: polychrome: many colors, multifaceted: many sides) semi,hemi - half (ex: semiannual: twice a year)
 * Week 10:**

Vocabulary from //The Grass Dancer// by Susan Power Aberrant - out of the ordinary, odd Ambiguity - dichotomy, field of opposites (number 2) Fitting - appropriate, acceptable to society Cavort - to play or be playful, fool around Tentative - hesitant, unsure Wispy - frail, fragile, transparent, able to be blown by wind Amulet - keepsake of great spiritual value (often hand made) Heyo'ka - backwards philosophy in Sioux language; genesis of comedy Wankan Tanka - the great "God" of Sioux religion From //Voices: A People's History// (p. 127) by Zinn Ridicule - humiliate, make fun of Prudence - care(ful); wise judgement Despotism - absolute monarchy, dictator Tyranny - rule by force or fear Impunity - rampant, without consequence or limit Remuneration - repayment Chastisement - punishment Degradation - humiliation, having one's status lowered Prerogative - rights or privileges afforded a certain class

ROOTS: //THE BLUEST EYE// (Autumn) Chafe- (v) to rub roughly Fructify- (v) to make fruitful Addled- (adj) confused in mind, irrational, nonsensical Strident – (adj) loud, clamoring Timbre- (n) tone, quality of sound Irrevocable- (adj) irreversible, incapable of being taken back Complement- (v) to harmonize with, as with complementary colors Metaphysical- (adj) larger or greater than the physical, philosophical or spiritual in nature Consolidate- (v) to put together, to join Peripheral- (adj) on the outside edges Furtive- (adj) sneaking, hidden Unsullied- (adj) undirtied, unpolluted; clean and pure Fabricate- (v) to build or create Preen- (v) to admire oneself, to primp in an effort to beautify Acridness- (n) bitterness, acidity Disinterested- (adj) without passion or emotion, detached, objective. Pristine- (adj) pure Soliloquy- (n) speech spoken aloud to oneself with implied audience Interminable- (adj) neverending
 * SEMESTER 2:**
 * a, an, im, ir, in il, non -- not**
 * Week 11:**

Week 12: Pervade- (v) to infiltrate, to get inside Fretful- (adj) anxious, bothered, worrisome Malaise- (n) unease, illness Schemata- (n) order, an organized pattern, an outline Dissipation- (n) a wasting through misuse - excessive drinking. Affluence- (n) wealth, a state of material well-being Dirge- (n) sad, mourning song Abhorrent- (adj) repellent, hateful Myriad- (adj) many, a multitude Emasculate- (v) to deprive of manhood, to humiliate Tacitly- (adj) silently, understood without spoken words Succumb- (v) to be defeated, to give up Fervently- (adj) passionately, with feeling Buffeted- (adj) given blows, hits, banged against Static- (adj) unchanging, not moving Petulant- (adj) sulky, spoiled Epithets- (n) informal names that refer to someone in either an endearing or an insulting way Harridans- (n) shrews, scolding and demanding women Ameliorate- (v) to make better, to improve Covert- (adj) hidden, secret Solicitous- (adj) anxious or concerned about, fear