Thursday, March 25, 2010

Vocab!

Part III unit 3

Nouns

1. Perspicacity- (pur’ spe kas’e te) mental penetration, discernment
2. Predilection- preconceived preference or partiality
3. Prerogative- privilege, right
4. Propensity- natural tendency, bent
5. Propriety- conforming to accepted standards of behavior, rightness or suitability
6. Prostration- a falling down in worship, exhaustion
7. Restitution- restoration, reparation
8. Sagacity- shrewdness, sound judgment
9. Surfeit- excess, disgust from excess
10. Vicissitude- irregular change, ups and downs

Adjectives
11. Lambent-softly radiant, playing lightly over a surface or subject
12. Latent- hidden or unrevealed, potential
13. Marital- of or relating to marriage
14. Partisan- one sided; partial to a party or cause; supporter of an idea or person
15. Recumbent- reclining or leaning, inactive
16. Salient- prominent, conspicuous, outward projecting angle
17. Seditious- inciting discontent or rebellion
18. Succinct- terse, concise
19. Tangible- real, substantial, palpable
20. Tentative- provisional, experimental

Monday, March 15, 2010

Group 1 Socratic seminar questions

1. How does the author use hurricanes as a metaphor? What does the
rain symbolize?

2. What are Victor's and the Spokane woman's expectations of each
other and how do they affect Victor and the Spokane woman's thoughts
of one another in the story "Crazy Horse Dreams"?

3. How does the drug Victor and his friends take represent the
reservation lifestyle?

4. Why is Jimi Hendrix and his version of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
so important to Victor's father? How does he base life decisions
around it?

Friday, March 12, 2010

vocab for Friday, March 19

REMINDER: The final copies of your persuasive papers are due on Monday, March 15. Please remember to submit them to turnitin.com

Part III unit 2
Adjectives

1. Altruistic- unselfishly concerned for others
2. Astute- shrewd, crafty, keen of mind
3. Authentic- genuine, entitled to acceptance
4. Cumulative- tending to increase or accumulate
5. Despondent- dejected, despairing
6. Didactic- morally instructive
7. Ecclesiastical- pertaining to church or clergy, especially as an established institution
8. Felicitous- fortunate, aptly chosen, happily conceived
9. Imperial- majestic, befitting an emperor
10. Odious- hateful, offensive

Verbs
11. Emancipate- liberate, set free
12. Meditate- to act as a go-between, serve as a harmonizing agent
13. Reciprocate- repay an obligation, social or otherwise, exchange favors or courtesies
14. Reconcile- to bring to agreement, harmonize
15. Relegate- to banish or reduce to lower status
16. Repudiate- to disavow, disown, reject
17. Subsidize- to provide financial aid
18. Temporize- to act evasively to gain time, yield temporarily to circumstances
19. Usurp- to seize (power or control) unlawfully
20. Vindicate- to justify, clear of a charge or criticism