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Vocabulary Requirements
Vocabulary words are taken from the readings OR they are SAT / ACT words that are closely related to class reading and discussions.
For each word, please list the following:
Word (Part of Speech)
I will check to see that you have used the word correctly and that the definition is obvious based on the sentence context. You must use the word in the form (adjective / adverb / verb) that it is listed.
The original sentence should be written by you, not taken from a website or other source!
For example, here is a model:
Jury (Noun)
Reminders:
Vocabulary Due Date: Wednesdays by 11:59p or handwritten on Thursdays at the beginning of class.
Vocabulary Quizzes: Fridays, unless otherwise specified.
Vocab Set 19 4.22-4.26.19
Vocab Set 18 4.8-4.12.19
1. Droll (adj)
2. Verisimilitude (n)
3. Wholly (adj)
4. Regression (n)
5. Compensatory (adj)
6. Intractable (adj)
7. Ostensibly (adv)
8. Egregiously (adv)
9. Facile (adj)
10. Salient (adj)
11. Incorrigibly (adv)
12. Aversion (n)
Set 17: 3.18-3.22.19
1 Obfuscate (v)
2 Sardonic (adj)
3 Blandishment (n)
4 Penchant (n)
5 Scatological (adj)
6 Vivisection (n)
7 Caustic (adj)
8 Edict (n)
9 Sage (adj)
10 Implication (n)
11 Volition (n)
12 Sacrosanct (adj)
Set 16: 3.11-3.15.19
1 construe (v)
2 parody (n)
3 paradigm (n)
4 galling (adj)
5 tawdry (adj)
6 injunction (n)
7 derivative (adj)
8 infringe (v)
9 contention (n)
10 augment (v)
11 acerbic (adj)
12 restitution (n)
Set 15: 3.4-3.8
Set 14: 2.25-3.1
Set 13: 2.11-2.15 (Midsummer vocab)
Set 12: 12-17-12.21 (Fences vocab)
Please skip Sets 9, 10 and 11
Set 8: 11.12-11.16
Set 7 10.29-11.2
Set 6: 10.22-10.26
Set 5: 10.15-10.19
Set 4: 10.1-10.5
Set 3 9.24-9.28
1 paltry (adj)
2 veracity (n)
3 propensity (n)
4 extraneous (adj)
5 corroborate (v)
6 attribute (v)
7 innately (adv)
8 culpability (n)
9 incriminate (v)
10 recount (v)
11 adversary (n)
12 axiom (n)
Set 2 9.17-9.21
1 premeditated (adj)
2 tenement (n)
3 sadism (n)
4 naïve (adj)
5 subservient (adj)
6 rapport (n)
7 double jeopardy (n)
8 dogged (adj)
9 antagonistic (adj)
10 deterrent (n)
11 proponent (n)
12 grapple (v)
Set 1 9.10-9.14
1 Absolution (n)
2 Acquittal (n)
3 Bigot (n)
4 Defendant (n)
5 Exonerate (v)
6 Grand Jury (n)
7 Hung Jury (n)
8 Indict (v)
9 Nuance (n)
10 Petty Jury (n)
11 Plaintiff (n)
12 Rhetoric (n)
Vocab Set 22 5.14-5.18.18
Vocab Set 21 4.30-5.4.18
Vocab Set 20 4.23-4.27.18
Vocab Set- Instead of Letter Writing Campaign
4.16.18
Vocab Set 19 4.2-4.6.18
Vocab Set 18 3.19-3.23.18
1. Droll (adj)
2. Verisimilitude (n)
3. Wholly (adv)
4. Regression (n)
5. Compensatory (adj)
6. Intractable (adj)
7. Ostensibly (adv)
8. Egregiously (adv)
9. Facile (adj)
10. Salient (adj)
11. Incorrigibly (adv)
12. Aversion (n)
Set 17: 3.12-3.16.18
1 Obfuscate (v)
2 Sardonic (adj)
3 Blandishment (n)
4 Penchant (n)
5 Scatological (adj)
6 Vivisection (n)
7 Caustic (adj)
8 Edict (n)
9 Sage (adj)
10 Implication (n)
11 Volition (n)
12 Sacrosanct (adj)
Set 16: 2.26-3.2.18
1 construe (v)
2 parody (n)
3 paradigm (n)
4 galling (adj)
5 tawdry (adj)
6 injunction (n)
7 derivative (adj)
8 infringe (v)
9 contention (n)
10 augment (v)
11 acerbic (adj)
12 restitution (n)
Set 15: 2.5-2.9.18
Set 14: 1.8-1.12.18
Set 13: 12.11-12.15
Set 12: 12-4-12.8
Set 11: 11-27-12.1
Set 10: 11-13-11.17
Set 9: 11.6-11.10
Set 8: 10.30-11.3
Set 7 10.23-10.27
Set 6: 10.16-10.20
Set 5: 10.9-10.13
Set 4: 10.2-10.6
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Vocab Set 24 5.22-5.26
Vocab Set 23 5.8-5.12
Vocab Set 22 4.24-4.28
Vocab Set 21 4.17-4.21
Vocab Set 20 3.27-3.31
Vocab Set 19 3.20-3.24
1. Droll (adj)
2. Verisimilitude (n)
3. Wholly (adj)
4. Regression (n)
5. Compensatory (adj)
6. Intractable (adj)
7. Ostensibly (adv)
8. Egregiously (adv)
9. Facile (adj)
10. Salient (adj)
11. Incorrigibly (adj)
12. Aversion (n)
Vocab Set 18 3.13-3.17
Set 17: 3.6-3.10
1 Obfuscate (v)
2 Sardonic (adj)
3 Blandishment (n)
4 Penchant (n)
5 Scatological (adj)
6 Vivisection (n)
7 Caustic (adj)
8 Edict (n)
9 Sage (adj)
10 Implication (n)
11 Volition (n)
12 Sacrosanct (adj)
Set 16 2.27-3.3
1 construe (v)
2 parody (n)
3 paradigm (n)
4 galling (adj)
5 tawdry (adj)
6 injunction (n)
7 derivative (adj)
8 infringe (v)
9 contention (n)
10 augment (v)
11 acerbic (adj)
12 restitution (n)
Set 15 2.13-2.18
Set 14: 2.6-2.10
1 inane (adj)
2 blasé (adj)
3 sacrilegious (adj)
4 furlough (n)
5 scrupulous (adj)
6 burlesque (n)
7 putrid (adj)
8 pedagogical (adj)
9 stenographer (n)
10 humility (n)
11 qualm (n)
12 hemorrhage (n)
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Vocab Set 22
Vocab Set 21
Vocab Set 20
Vocab Set 18
1.4-1.8 Set 12
12.14-12.18 Vocab Set 11
11.30-12.4 Vocab Set 10
"'I incline to Cain's heresy,' he used to say quaintly: 'I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.'" (1)
"And all the time, as we were pitching it in red hot, we were keeping the women off him as best we could, for they were as wild as harpies" (4)
"I never saw a circle of such hateful faces; and there was the man in the middle, with a kind of black sneering coolness--frightened too, I could see that--but carrying it off, sir, really like Satan." (4)
"'Such unscientific balderdash,' added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, 'would have estranged Damon and Pythias.'" (11)
"The last, I think; for, O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend." (15)
"'Ay, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, pede claudo, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault.'" (17)
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Vocabulary Requirements
- Basic Requirements: 12-15 words per week, due on Wednesday by 11:59p on my website. See my website amyfrontier.com under the “Vocabulary” drop down menu for English 10 for instructions about how to submit. Value = 15 points. Vocabulary submitted late will receive half-credit. You may submit one vocabulary set late with no penalty.
- Submission:If you choose to handwrite your vocabulary, please submit to me in person on Thursday at the beginning of class. Handwritten vocabulary should be neatly written and legible.
- Evaluation: Vocabulary Quizzes will be on Fridays. You will be expected to know the word, definition, part of speech and be able to fit the word into a sentence using a word bank.
Vocabulary words are taken from the readings OR they are SAT / ACT words that are closely related to class reading and discussions.
For each word, please list the following:
Word (Part of Speech)
- Definition
- Synonym
- Found Sentence (find a sentence using this word on a reputable website.)
- Original sentence written by you using word correctly and making sure the definition is obvious based on context.
I will check to see that you have used the word correctly and that the definition is obvious based on the sentence context. You must use the word in the form (adjective / adverb / verb) that it is listed.
The original sentence should be written by you, not taken from a website or other source!
For example, here is a model:
Jury (Noun)
- A group of people who are members of the public and are chosen to make a decision in a legal case.
- Synonym: Advisers.
- She was selected to serve on a jury. (merriam-webster.com)
- The jury, after a weeklong deliberation, decided the man’s fate.
Reminders:
Vocabulary Due Date: Wednesdays by 11:59p or handwritten on Thursdays at the beginning of class.
Vocabulary Quizzes: Fridays, unless otherwise specified.
Vocab Set 19 4.22-4.26.19
- Polemical (adj)
- Nascent (adj)
- Paradox (n)
- Bastion (n)
- Solipsistic (adj)
- Exigent (adj)
- Inimical (adj)
- Arcane (adj)
- Epistolary (adj)
- Cerebral (adj)
- Strident (adj)
- Perverse (adj)
Vocab Set 18 4.8-4.12.19
1. Droll (adj)
2. Verisimilitude (n)
3. Wholly (adj)
4. Regression (n)
5. Compensatory (adj)
6. Intractable (adj)
7. Ostensibly (adv)
8. Egregiously (adv)
9. Facile (adj)
10. Salient (adj)
11. Incorrigibly (adv)
12. Aversion (n)
Set 17: 3.18-3.22.19
1 Obfuscate (v)
2 Sardonic (adj)
3 Blandishment (n)
4 Penchant (n)
5 Scatological (adj)
6 Vivisection (n)
7 Caustic (adj)
8 Edict (n)
9 Sage (adj)
10 Implication (n)
11 Volition (n)
12 Sacrosanct (adj)
Set 16: 3.11-3.15.19
1 construe (v)
2 parody (n)
3 paradigm (n)
4 galling (adj)
5 tawdry (adj)
6 injunction (n)
7 derivative (adj)
8 infringe (v)
9 contention (n)
10 augment (v)
11 acerbic (adj)
12 restitution (n)
Set 15: 3.4-3.8
- Puerile (adj)
- Glib (adj)
- Pugilistic (adj)
- Prevaricate (v)
- Recluse (n)
- Apotheosis (n)
- Progeny (n)
- Ineffable (adj)
- Aberrant (adj)
- Rancor (adj)
- Propitious (adj)
- Sublimate (v)
Set 14: 2.25-3.1
- Rueful (adj)
- Bombast (n)
- Vernacular (adj)
- Compendium (n)
- Vignette (n)
- Diction (n)
- Fervor (n)
- Paradox (n)
- Judicious (adj)
- Percolate (v)
- Platitude (n)
- Unremittingly (adv)
Set 13: 2.11-2.15 (Midsummer vocab)
- Nuptial (n)
- Vexation (n)
- Entreat (v)
- Abjure (v)
- Revel (v)
- Shrewd (adj)
- Knave (n)
- Beguile (v)
- Forsworn
- Chaste (adj)
- Dote (v)
- Render (v)
- Adamant (adj)
- Disdainful (adj)
- Churlish (adj)
Set 12: 12-17-12.21 (Fences vocab)
- Dubious (adj)
- Destitute (adj)
- Tenacious (adj)
- Guile (n)
- Eloquence (n)
- Emulate (v)
- Crude (adj)
- Profound (adj)
- Integral (adj)
- Scrutiny (n)
- Engulf (v)
- Atavistic (adj)
Please skip Sets 9, 10 and 11
Set 8: 11.12-11.16
- voluble (adj)
- improvident (adj)
- folly (n)
- cowries (n)
- mirth (n)
- imperious (adj)
- capricious (adj)
- miasma (n)
- callow (adj)
- harbinger (n)
- esoteric (adj)
- bilious (adj)
Set 7 10.29-11.2
- whet (v)
- portico (n)
- incipient (adj)
- idiosyncratic (adj)
- ludicrous (adj)
- accoutrement (n)
- misbegotten (adj)
- tincture (n)
- effervesce (v)
- ebullition (n)
- parley (n)
- enigma (n)
Set 6: 10.22-10.26
- inordinate (adj)
- àpropos (adj)
- troglodytic (adj)
- statute of limitations (n)
- iniquity (n)
- conflagration (n)
- slatternly (adj)
- odious (adj)
- disinter (v)
- lurid (adj)
- carbuncles (n)
- citadel (n)
Set 5: 10.15-10.19
- discourse (n)
- eminently (adv)
- austere (adj)
- heresy (n)
- emulously (adv)
- coquetry (n)
- florid (adj)
- sordid (adj)
- juggernaut (n)
- apocryphal (adj)
- partake (v)
- pedantically (adv)
Set 4: 10.1-10.5
- incisively (adv)
- lucid (adj)
- static (adj)
- trenchant (adj)
- erstwhile (adj)
- vacillate (v)
- benign (adj)
- vacuous (adj)
- ungallant (adj)
- disingenuous (adj)
- taut (adj)
- unperturbed (adj)
Set 3 9.24-9.28
1 paltry (adj)
2 veracity (n)
3 propensity (n)
4 extraneous (adj)
5 corroborate (v)
6 attribute (v)
7 innately (adv)
8 culpability (n)
9 incriminate (v)
10 recount (v)
11 adversary (n)
12 axiom (n)
Set 2 9.17-9.21
1 premeditated (adj)
2 tenement (n)
3 sadism (n)
4 naïve (adj)
5 subservient (adj)
6 rapport (n)
7 double jeopardy (n)
8 dogged (adj)
9 antagonistic (adj)
10 deterrent (n)
11 proponent (n)
12 grapple (v)
Set 1 9.10-9.14
1 Absolution (n)
2 Acquittal (n)
3 Bigot (n)
4 Defendant (n)
5 Exonerate (v)
6 Grand Jury (n)
7 Hung Jury (n)
8 Indict (v)
9 Nuance (n)
10 Petty Jury (n)
11 Plaintiff (n)
12 Rhetoric (n)
Vocab Set 22 5.14-5.18.18
- Laxity (n)
- Rectitude (n)
- Ordinance (n)
- Comport (v)
- Platitude (n)
- Catharsis (n)
- Eviscerate (v)
- Implausible (adj)
- Conscientious (adj)
- Bewilderment (n)
- Abiding (adj)
- Sublime (adj)
Vocab Set 21 4.30-5.4.18
- Devout (adj)
- Profound (adj)
- Ambiguity (n)
- Reservoir (n)
- Imperative (adj)
- Negligence (n)
- Acquiescence (n)
- Reticence (n)
- Elusive (adj)
- Intransitive (adj)
- Amnesty (n)
- Encysted (adj)
Vocab Set 20 4.23-4.27.18
- Penultimate (adj)
- Veracious (n)
- Peremptory (adj)
- Moribund (adj)
- Inquest (n)
- Mitigate (v)
- Fetter (v)
- Placate (v)
- Pithy (adj)
- Galvanize (v)
- Obsequious (adj)
- Clemency (n)
Vocab Set- Instead of Letter Writing Campaign
4.16.18
- transcendental
- turpitude
- penitence
- imperious
- absolve
- subjugation
- perennial
- lingua franca
- heathen
- arrayed
- trope
- aphoristic
Vocab Set 19 4.2-4.6.18
- Polemical (adj)
- Nascent (adj)
- Paradox (n)
- Bastion (n)
- Solipsistic (adj)
- Exigent (adj)
- Inimical (adj)
- Arcane (adj)
- Epistolary (adj)
- Cerebral (adj)
- Strident (adj)
- Perverse (adj)
Vocab Set 18 3.19-3.23.18
1. Droll (adj)
2. Verisimilitude (n)
3. Wholly (adv)
4. Regression (n)
5. Compensatory (adj)
6. Intractable (adj)
7. Ostensibly (adv)
8. Egregiously (adv)
9. Facile (adj)
10. Salient (adj)
11. Incorrigibly (adv)
12. Aversion (n)
Set 17: 3.12-3.16.18
1 Obfuscate (v)
2 Sardonic (adj)
3 Blandishment (n)
4 Penchant (n)
5 Scatological (adj)
6 Vivisection (n)
7 Caustic (adj)
8 Edict (n)
9 Sage (adj)
10 Implication (n)
11 Volition (n)
12 Sacrosanct (adj)
Set 16: 2.26-3.2.18
1 construe (v)
2 parody (n)
3 paradigm (n)
4 galling (adj)
5 tawdry (adj)
6 injunction (n)
7 derivative (adj)
8 infringe (v)
9 contention (n)
10 augment (v)
11 acerbic (adj)
12 restitution (n)
Set 15: 2.5-2.9.18
- Puerile (adj)
- Glib (adj)
- Pugilistic (adj)
- Prevaricate (v)
- Recluse (n)
- Apotheosis (n)
- Progeny (n)
- Ineffable (adj)
- Aberrant (adj)
- Rancor (adj)
- Propitious (adj)
- Sublimate (v)
Set 14: 1.8-1.12.18
- Rueful (adj)
- Bombast (n)
- Vernacular (adj)
- Compendium (n)
- Vignette (n)
- Diction (n)
- Fervor (n)
- Paradox (n)
- Judicious (adj)
- Percolate (v)
- Platitude (n)
- Unremittingly (adv)
Set 13: 12.11-12.15
- Capacious (adj)
- Sedulous (adj)
- Ruminate (v)
- Tenor (n)
- Disconsolate (adj)
- Pallor (n)
- Inveterately (adv)
- Transience (n)
- Fraught (adj)
- epistemological (adj)
- visceral (adj)
- juxtapose (v)
Set 12: 12-4-12.8
- Dubious (adj)
- Destitute (adj)
- Tenacious (adj)
- Guile (n)
- Eloquence (n)
- Emulate (v)
- Crude (adj)
- Profound (adj)
- Integral (adj)
- Scrutiny (n)
- Engulf (v)
- Atavistic (adj)
Set 11: 11-27-12.1
- Resolute (adj)
- Gesticulate (v)
- Amity (n)
- Inscrutable (adj)
- Abject (adj)
- Bated (adj)
- Pious (adj)
- Blasphemy (n)
- Transcendental (adj)
- Multifarious (adj)
- Denizen (n)
- Chastise (v)
Set 10: 11-13-11.17
- Buttress (v)
- Amorphous (adj)
- Eddy (n)
- Repose (v)
- Stringent (adj)
- Diaphanous (adj)
- Ample (adj)
- Exorbitant (adj)
- Mottled (adj)
- Malefactor (n)
- Penitence (n)
- Pecuniary (adj)
Set 9: 11.6-11.10
- besiege (v)
- sullen (adj)
- hitherto (adv)
- indignation (n)
- conveyance (n)
- protege (n)
- disquietude (n)
- condone (v)
- crony (n)
- unobtrusive (adj)
- pedant (n)
- obsolete (adj)
Set 8: 10.30-11.3
- voluble (adj)
- improvident (adj)
- folly (n)
- cowries (n)
- mirth (n)
- imperious (adj)
- capricious (adj)
- miasma (n)
- callow (adj)
- harbinger (n)
- esoteric (adj)
- bilious (adj)
Set 7 10.23-10.27
- whet (v)
- portico (n)
- incipient (adj)
- idiosyncratic (adj)
- ludicrous (adj)
- accoutrement (n)
- misbegotten (adj)
- tincture (n)
- effervesce (v)
- ebullition (n)
- parley (n)
- enigma (n)
Set 6: 10.16-10.20
- inordinate (adj)
- àpropos (adj)
- troglodytic (adj)
- statute of limitations (n)
- iniquity (n)
- conflagration (n)
- slatternly (adj)
- odious (adj)
- disinter (v)
- lurid (adj)
- carbuncles (n)
- citadel (n)
Set 5: 10.9-10.13
- discourse (n)
- eminently (adv)
- austere (adj)
- heresy (n)
- emulously (adv)
- coquetry (n)
- florid (adj)
- sordid (adj)
- juggernaut (n)
- apocryphal (adj)
- partake (v)
- pedantically (adv)
Set 4: 10.2-10.6
- incisively (adv)
- lucid (adj)
- static (adj)
- trenchant (adj)
- erstwhile (adj)
- vacillate (v)
- benign (adj)
- vacuous (adj)
- ungallant (adj)
- disingenuous (adj)
- taut (adj)
- unperturbed (adj)
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Vocab Set 24 5.22-5.26
- aloof (adj)
- languish (v)
- flout (v)
- surfeit (n)
- confound (v)
- derision (n)
- asunder (adj)
- officious (adj)
- recreant (n)
- amity (n)
- discourse (n)
- audacious (n)
Vocab Set 23 5.8-5.12
- abjure (v)
- austerity (n)
- extenuate (v)
- edict (n)
- forswear (v)
- extempore (adj)
- tawny (adj)
- knavish (adj)
- beguile (v)
- wanton (n)
- chide (v)
- impeach (v)
Vocab Set 22 4.24-4.28
- Penultimate (adj)
- Veracious (n)
- Peremptory (adj)
- Moribund (adj)
- Inquest (n)
- Mitigate (v)
- Fetter (v)
- Placate (v)
- Pithy (adj)
- Galvanize (v)
- Obsequious (adj)
- Clemency (n)
Vocab Set 21 4.17-4.21
- Puissant (adj)
- Visage (n)
- Choleric (adj)
- Confound (v)
- Engender (v)
- Animosity (n)
- Astute (adj)
- Unctuous (adj)
- Nefarious (adj)
- Garrulous (adj)
- Plebeian (n)
- Fractious (adj)
Vocab Set 20 3.27-3.31
- Polemical (adj)
- Nascent (adj)
- Paradox (n)
- Bastion (n)
- Solipsistic (adj)
- Exigent (adj)
- Inimical (adj)
- Arcane (adj)
- Epistolary (adj)
- Cerebral (adj)
- Strident (adj)
- Perverse (adj)
Vocab Set 19 3.20-3.24
1. Droll (adj)
2. Verisimilitude (n)
3. Wholly (adj)
4. Regression (n)
5. Compensatory (adj)
6. Intractable (adj)
7. Ostensibly (adv)
8. Egregiously (adv)
9. Facile (adj)
10. Salient (adj)
11. Incorrigibly (adj)
12. Aversion (n)
Vocab Set 18 3.13-3.17
- Puerile (adj)
- Glib (adj)
- Pugilistic (adj)
- Prevaricate (v)
- Dubious (adj)
- Apotheosis (n)
- Progeny (n)
- Ineffable (adj)
- Aberrant (adj)
- Rancor (adj)
- Propitious (adj)
- Sublimate (v)
Set 17: 3.6-3.10
1 Obfuscate (v)
2 Sardonic (adj)
3 Blandishment (n)
4 Penchant (n)
5 Scatological (adj)
6 Vivisection (n)
7 Caustic (adj)
8 Edict (n)
9 Sage (adj)
10 Implication (n)
11 Volition (n)
12 Sacrosanct (adj)
Set 16 2.27-3.3
1 construe (v)
2 parody (n)
3 paradigm (n)
4 galling (adj)
5 tawdry (adj)
6 injunction (n)
7 derivative (adj)
8 infringe (v)
9 contention (n)
10 augment (v)
11 acerbic (adj)
12 restitution (n)
Set 15 2.13-2.18
- specious (adj)
- deft (adj)
- atone (v)
- uncanny (adj)
- emissary (n)
- extradite (v)
- buffeted (v)
- relegate (v)
- rectify (V)
- implacable (adj)
- consummate (adj)
- milieu (n)
Set 14: 2.6-2.10
1 inane (adj)
2 blasé (adj)
3 sacrilegious (adj)
4 furlough (n)
5 scrupulous (adj)
6 burlesque (n)
7 putrid (adj)
8 pedagogical (adj)
9 stenographer (n)
10 humility (n)
11 qualm (n)
12 hemorrhage (n)
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Vocab Set 22
- Penultimate
- Veracious
- Peremptory
- Moribund
- Inquest
- Mitigate
- Fetter
- Placate
- Pithy
- Galvanize
- Obsequious
- Clemency
Vocab Set 21
- Feted (v)
- Incongruity (n)
- Façade (n)
- Archetype (n)
- Sullen (adj)
- Ubiquitous (adj)
- Complacency (n)
- Incite (v)
- Auspicious (adj)
- Protégé (n)
- Vest (v)
- Magnanimous (adj)
Vocab Set 20
- Autonomy (n)
- Decadent (adj)
- Fervently (adv)
- Subliminal (adj)
- Admonitory (adj)
- Deplorable (adj)
- Feckless (adj)
- Hedonism (n)
- Conduit (n)
- Didactic (adj)
- Despotic (adj)
- Arbitrary (adj)
Vocab Set 18
- Brevity (n)
- Nascent (adj)
- Solipsistic (adj)
- Reproach (v)
- Abject (adj)
- Vernacular (n)
- Abstruse (adj)
- Cerebral (adj)
- Arcane (adj)
- Garrulous (adj)
- Epistolary (adj)
- Erudition (n)
1.4-1.8 Set 12
- Zealotry
- Megalomania
- Monolithic
- Xenophobia
- Reprisal
- Redress
- Reparation
- Restitution
- Supersede
- Construe
- Contraband
- Surreptitious
12.14-12.18 Vocab Set 11
- futile
- uncouth
- internment
- acerbic
- wanton
- desiccation
- Spiritus Mundi
- irreverent
- denouement
- canonical
- edict
- visceral
11.30-12.4 Vocab Set 10
- transcendental
- turpitude
- penitence
- imperious
- absolve
- subjugation
- perennial
- lingua franca
- heathen
- arrayed
- trope
- aphoristic
"'I incline to Cain's heresy,' he used to say quaintly: 'I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.'" (1)
"And all the time, as we were pitching it in red hot, we were keeping the women off him as best we could, for they were as wild as harpies" (4)
"I never saw a circle of such hateful faces; and there was the man in the middle, with a kind of black sneering coolness--frightened too, I could see that--but carrying it off, sir, really like Satan." (4)
"'Such unscientific balderdash,' added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, 'would have estranged Damon and Pythias.'" (11)
"The last, I think; for, O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend." (15)
"'Ay, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, pede claudo, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault.'" (17)