12cp vocabulary mrs. kelsey. 8/29/07 apathy (n) - lack of interest; lack of feeling conjecture (v/n)...
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12CP Vocabulary
Mrs. Kelsey
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8/29/07
Apathy (n) - lack of interest; lack of feeling
Conjecture (v/n) - to guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence / a guess
Daunt (v) - to make fearful; to intimidate
Loquacious (adj) - talking a lot or too much
Neologism (n) - a new word or phrase; a new usage of a word
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9/4/07Archetype (n) - an original model or pattern
Cryptic (adj) - mysterious; mystifying
Exemplify (v) - to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example
Incessant (adj) – unceasing
Magnanimous (adj) - forgiving; unresentful; noble in spirit; generous
Patriarch (n) - the male head of a family or tribe
Stymie (v) - to thwart; to get in the way of; to hinder
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9/5/07
Abridge (v) – to shorten; to condense
Culpable (adj) – deserving blame; guilty
Deduce (v) – to conclude from the evidence; to infer
Depravity (n) - extreme wickedness or corruption
Impervious (adj) – not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable
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9/10/07
extricate (v) - to free from difficulty
fervor (n) - great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal
perennial (adj) - continual; happening again and again or year after year
tout (v) - to praise highly; to brag publicly about
vindictive (adj) - seeking revenge
zealous (adj) - enthusiastically devoted to something; fervent
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9/11/07
address (v) - to speak to; to direct one's attention to
dialectical (adj) - relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes
insidious (adj) - treacherous; sneaky
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9/24/07
depravity (n) - extreme wickedness or corruption
elusive (adj) - hard to pin down; evasivefigurative (adj) - based on figures of
speech; expressing something in terms usually used for something else; metaphorical
infamous (adj) - shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful
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9/27/07copious (adj) – abundant; plentifulephemeral (adj) – lasting a very short timeidyllic (adj) – charming in a rustic way;
peacefulincandescent (adj) – brilliant; giving off heat
or lightmellifluous (adj) – sweetly flowing, as
music or a voiceredolent (adj) - fragrant
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10/2/07
egregious (adj) – extremely bad; flagrant
exacerbate (v) – to make worse
fastidious (adj) – meticulous; demanding; finicky
lampoon (v) – to satirize; to mock; to parody
obsequious (adj) – fawning; subservient; sucking up to
platitude (n) – a dull or trite remark; a cliché
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10/3/07
propensity (n) – a natural inclination or tendency; a predilection
rigorous (adj) – strict; harsh; severe
temerity (n) – boldness; recklessness; audacity
ubiquitous (adj) – being everywhere at once
visionary (n) - a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future
wistful (adj) – yearning; sadly longing
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10/4/07
officious (adj) – annoyingly eager to help or advise
prodigy (n) – an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence
proficient (adj) - thoroughly competent; skillful; good (at something) thoroughly competent; skillful; good (at something)
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APPOSITIVE PHRASES
A mini-lessonFrom Sentence Composing for High School
by Don Killgallon
Copy the following information in the vocabulary section of your composition
notebook.
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APPOSITIVE PHRASES
Appositives are noun phrases that identify adjacent nouns or pronouns.
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They can occur as sentence openers:
A balding, smooth-faced man, he could have been anywhere between forty and sixty.
- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
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They can occur as subject-verb splits:
A man, a weary old pensioner with a bald dirty head and a stained brown corduroy waistcoat, appeared at the door of a small gate lodge.
- Brian Moore, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
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They can occur as sentence closers:
He had the appearance of a man who had done a great thing, something greater than any ordinary man would do.
- John Henrick Clarke, “The Boy Who Painted Christ Black”
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Among the company was a lawyer, a young man of about twenty-five.
- Anton Chekov, “The Bet”
Order and combine these sentence parts so that they imitate the sentence above:
1. She was near the statue.
2. She was an obvious tourist.
3. She was an oriental lady.
4. She had a Kodak camera.
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For the next group of vocabulary words, your homework sentences must contain an appositive phrase.
Review the mini-lesson for help, and try to vary the placement of the appositive phrase – as a sentence opener, a subject-verb split, or as a sentence closer.
And now, back to new words…
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10/10/07
abhor (v) – to hate very, very much; to detest
affectation (n) - unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress
countenance (n/v) - face; facial expression / to condone or tolerate
disdain (n) – arrogant scorn; contemptedify (v) - to enlighten; to instruct, especially
in moral or religious matters
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10/10/07
egocentric (adj) - selfish; believing that one is the center of everything
frugal (adj) – economical; penny-pinchingidiosyncrasy (n) - a peculiarity; an
eccentricityironic (adj) - meaning the opposite of what
you seem to say; using words to mean something other that what they seem to mean
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Appositive ReviewCopy these sentences into the Vocabulary
section of your composition notebook. Highlight the appositive phrase in each.
1. I abhor okra, that slimy vegetable used in gumbo.
2. An elegant woman, she was given to rather idiosyncratic behavior.
3. She sneered at the man, her former husband, with undisguised disdain.
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10/15/07 – with appositives!
itinerant (adj) – moving from place to place
juxtapose (v) – to place side by side
levity (n) – lightness; frivolity; unseriousness
mendacious (adj) – lying, dishonest
propriety (n) – properness; good manners
secular (adj) – having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns
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10/16/07 (Yes, still with appositives)
vocation (n) – an occupation, a jobvestige (n) – an a remaining bit of
something; a last traceturpitude (n) – shameful wickedness;
depravitysloth (n) – laziness; sluggishnessserendipity - accidental good fortune;
discovering good things without looking for them
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10/17 (Need you ask?)
ruminate (v) - to contemplate; to ponder; to mull over
revere (v) – to respect highly; to honor
respite (n) – a period of rest or relief
penitent (adj) – sorry; repentant; contrite
onerous (adj) – burdensome; oppressive
End of section – test on Friday
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AdjectivesRemember, an adjective is any descriptive
word that can fit into this blank:Sam is a(n) ____________ student.
Some possibilities are:• happy• sad• angry• disruptive
Write out several more.
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Opening AdjectiveAn opening adjective occurs at the opening
of a sentence (obviously). It may be a single word or the first word in an adjective phrase – a phrase that begins with an adjective and then continues the description:
• Happy to graduate• Angry at not getting the job• Disruptive because he was bored Write out several more.
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Sentences can contain single or multiple opening adjectives.
Single opening adjective:
• Powerless, we witnessed the sacking of our launch.
Pierre Boule, Planet of the Apes
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Multiple opening adjectives:
• Bloodthirsty and brutal, the giants brought themselves to the point of extinction by warring amongst themselves during the last century.
Armstrong Perry, Call It Courage
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Opening adjective phrases:
• Numb of all feeling, empty as a shell, still he clung to life, and the hours droned by.
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Match the opening adjectives with the sentences and write out each sentence. (Highlight the adjectives.)
1. ^, I wanted to run away and be gone from this strange place.
2. ^, I felt behind me, my hand pleading for that rifle.
3. ^, he rocked his own body back and forth, breathing deeply to release the remembered pain.
A. Frantic, never turning my head – because the water buffalo had started his charge
B. Able to move now
C. Lonesome
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For homework tonight, be sure to write sentences that include opening adjectives or opening adjective phrases!
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10/24/07 – new section
impugn (v) – to attack, especially to attack the truth or integrity of something
munificent (adj) – very generous; lavish
superficial (adj) – on the surface only; shallow; not thorough
venal (adj) – capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt
vociferous (adj) – loud; noisy
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10/25/07
assiduous (adj) – hardworking; busy; quite diligent
choleric (adj) – hot-tempered; quick to anger
docile (adj) – easily taught; obedient; easy to handle
equitable (adj) – fair
futile (adj) – useless; hopeless
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Delayed Adjectives
An adjective that is not an opening adjective!
• Delayed adjectives can occur in the middle or at the end of a sentence.
• Commas punctuate a delayed adjective – one if it occurs at the end of a sentence, two if earlier in the sentence.
• It can be a single adjective or an adjective phrase.
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Single Delayed Adjectives
People under the helicopter ducked down, afraid, as if we were being visited by a plague or a god.
- Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
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Multiple Delayed Adjectives
Each snowflake was different, Sister Zoe said, like a person, irreplaceable and beautiful.
- Julia Alvarez, “Snow”
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Delayed Adjective Phrase
A dog came bounding among us with a loud volley of barks, and leapt round us, wild with glee at finding so many human beings together.
- George Orwell, “A Hanging”
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Imitate this model:
“The baby’s eyes were the shape of watermelon seeds, very black and cut very precisely into her small, solemn face.”
- Anne Tyler, Digging to America
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10/29/07
mitigate (v) – to moderate the effect of something
panacea (n) – something that cures everything
patronize (v) – to treat as an inferior; to condescend to
perfidy (n) – treacheryquerulous (adj) – complaining; grumbling;
whining