Vocab. Fall List #5

adroit: someone who is very skillful at doing something
His mind was adroit when it came to working with computers.

amicable: having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor 
Although they were divorced, their relationship was still amicable.

averse: having a feeling of distaste or strong opposition  
The teacher was averse towards the idea of letting students use their phones during class.

belligerent: war like or aggressive 
He was belligerent because he constantly started fights with other. 

benevolent: someone or something that enjoys helping others and is warm and friendly
The teacher was benevolent, which gave a good vibe to the classroom. 

cursory: something done quickly with only small attention to detail 
The cursory painting earned a unsatisfactory grade since the student missed a few days to work on it.

duplicity: deception or a lie 
Her friend caused duplicity, which mad her distrust him.
  
extol: to praise highly
The people at church would extol by singing worship songs.

feasible: something doable, likely, possible 
It was feasible to get the answer to a math problem.

grimace: a face indicating displeasure 
She made a grimace on her face, causing him to think he had said something wrong.

holocaust: complete or near destruction of life 
A holocaust was formed in the forest after the fire burned down all the trees. 

impervious: not being able to be hurt or penetrated 
The fabric was impervious, causing water to slip right off. 

impetus: force that makes something happen or move 
After somebody called Jared stupid, he decided to go back to college and learned the comment was impetus.

jeopardy: danger or risk 
He experienced complete jeopardy when he confronted the burglar in his house.

meticulous: showing extreme care and concern for detail 
Ellen got a job very easily because her interviewers saw that she was meticulous.

nostalgia: desire to return to an earlier time in life  
When she got home from her date, she experienced nostalgia, wanting to do it again.

quintessence: someone or something that is a is a classic example of character or persona 
He was a quintessence of politeness.
 
retrogress: to move backward into a less complex condition; decline 
At first college was difficult and made Lana want to retrogress back to high school.

scrutinize: to look at something carefully 
Holland would scrutinize each painting at the museum.

tepid: lukewarm, something that doesn't express warmth 
The audience was tepid; they were only clapping to be polite.

Vocab. Fall List #4

melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause 

He had many melancholy reflections of his old school days.

exemplary: an excellent model or example, or a sample worthy person or thing

The father of the toddler showed exemplary patience.

peculiar: something that is different and unusual
The peculiar smell in the kitchen made me wonder what my mother was cooking.

dread: anxious or feeling extreme fear about doing something

A sense of dread filled her as she walked into her classroom, knowing she had a big test.

bough: a branch of a tree 
In order to do the experiment, the students broke a bough off the tree.

pious: someone or something that is devoted to religion 
The pious artists made his paintings about religious matters. 

communion: haring, or is a Christian rite in which people receive the Holy Eucharist 
The church held a communion, in which many people attended.

auditor: a hearer or listener

All are chosen for terms of four years, and the governor, treasurer, and auditor are ineligible for immediate re-election.

multitude: the quality or state of being numerous, or many

The doctor had a multitude of medical supplies stored in a cabinet for his patients.

eloquence: being good with words and expressing things in a pleasing or persuasive manner

His eloquence was of that nature, in its impassioned appeals to the strongest emotions, that it required for its full effect the highest themes and the most dramatic situations. 

despair: deep sadness, or loss of hope

She was full of despair after her dog passed away.

hoary: very old, white or grey
Although the man was hoary, he had a energetic personality.

Vocabulary: Fall List 3

Coherent: (of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent

Joe didn't have a coherent reason to get himself out of trouble. 

Belabor: argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail

The debate in class was belabor.  

Eschew: deliberately avoid using; abstain from

Brad was trying to eschew his friends from causing any disturbances. 

Acquisitive: excessively interested in acquiring money or material things

His was an acquisitive person by nature. 

Emulate: match or surpass (a person or achievement) typically by imitation

Cloe's grade emulated Tod's grade in Biology. 

Banal: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

His style was so banal.

Excoriation: to denounce or berate severely;flay verbally

Becky excoriated her "friend" Lola's mistakes. 

Congeal: solidify or coagulate, especially by cooling

The popsicles had to be congealed, or else they would melt.  

Carping: difficult to please; critical

The manager of the Dentistry was a carping individual. 

Substantive: having a firm basis in reality and therefore important, meaningful, or considerable

The lawyer's substantive evidence helped win the case.

Temporize: avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time

The girl was temporizing on going to the dance with Danny. 

Largesse: generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others

Her church was a largesse place. 

Tenable: able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection

The lawyer was a tenable lawyer with a lot of evidence. 

Insatiable: (of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy

His craving for chocolate cake was insatiable. 

Reconnaissance: military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features

The soldier's used a reconnaissance before attacking the enemy. 

Germane: relevant to a subject under consideration

 She had a germane favor she asked of her parents. 

Ramify: form branches or offshoots; spread or branch out

While sitting in the tour bus, the trees were ramifying. 

Intransigent: unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something

Claudia's values were intransigent, unlike Justin's. 

Taciturn: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

She was a taciturn kind of girl.

The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

"Notes"

Since I was sick today and didn't come to school I decided to go onto my classmates blogs and see what they learned today, and from what I saw this is what I came up with.

Types of short stories~ 
Mood: how we feel when we read a text; how the author feels
Tone: how the author wants us to make us feel; authors attitude
Theme: the message the author is trying to give; the main concept of the story; central message
Diction: words the author uses

Other useful definitions~ 
Symbol: symbol that stands for something to the world , also a symbol refers to a referent
Allusion: (close to foreshadowing but a hint a author gives you) a reference to something that the author thinks we should know
Foreshadowing: author gives us a hint for what's going to happen later in the story
Syntax: how words are used; the way the author puts the words together  

"Young Goodman Brown is a example of a story that the author has something to get across."

Vocabulary: Fall List 2

intercede: intervene on behalf of another.

I begged him to intercede for Theresa, but he never did a thing.

hackneyed: (of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite. 
The show about an inept spy was banal and relied on hackneyed gimmicks
approbation: the action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission; a sum of money or total of assets devoted to a special purpose
The politics cut the money and the appropriation is small.
innuendo: an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one
Some people have a resistance to innuendo and to rumor, and some people have absolutely no immunity to it.
coalition: an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states
But the coalition is already collaborating on the legislative effort.
elicit: evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions; draw forth (something that is latent or potential) into existence
His mournful words elicit emphatic shouts of release from the dancers.
hiatus: a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process; a break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable
The board may come to regret the management hiatus it has caused.
assuage: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense; satisfy (an appetite or desire)
 To assuage security concerns, each watch is given its own serial number.
decadence: moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury;
luxurious self-indulgence
The sign's of a long and inexorable decadence are quite clear.
expostulate: express strong disapproval or disagreement
But because the author had a weighty thesis to propound and did so in long expostulation, the picture often sags in the telling.
simulate: imitate the appearance or character of; pretend to have or feel (an emotion); produce a computer model of
So textbooks have to be revised, and so must online and simulated demonstrations.
jaded: tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something
His strategy is so simple and earnest, it may sound naïve to the jaded.
umbrage: offense or annoyance; shade or shadow, especially as cast by trees
Taking umbrage to a blonde joke, Jenna stormed out of the room.
prerogative: a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class; arising from the prerogative of the Crown (usually delegated to the government or the judiciary) and based in common law rather than statutory law
But she insists on the prerogative of writing her own b.iography
lurid: very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect; (of a description) presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms 
Papers carried lurid pieces describing the havoc it wreaked.
transcend: be or go beyond the range or limits of (something abstract, typically a conceptual field or division); surpass (a person or an achievement)
They teach us to transcend the false supremacy of one's own ego.
provincial: of or concerning a province of a country or empire; of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded; an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire; an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded
There are local provincial governments that are in the business of making rugs. 
petulant: (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered
His reply reads as testy and petulant, which may or may not be the intended tone. 
unctuous: (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily; chiefly of minerals) having a greasy or soapy feel
The used-car salesman had an unctuous manner. 
meritorious: deserving reward or praise; (of an action or claim) likely to succeed on the merits of the case
It is not every one who is able to discover a really meritorious monster.