Vocabulary Week Nine

Censure

• A) To strike

• B) To speak loudly

• C) To Blame

• D) To Fail

C) To Blame

Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.

Appease

• A) To fix

• B) To soothe

• C) To lessen

• D) To Break

B) To sooth

My mother appeased my cold with a nice cup of hot chocolate.

Bellicose• A) War-like

• B) A pretty color

• C) A dress shaped like a bell

• D) To cruise

Jafar did categorically rule out any return to war, thus distancing Renamo from bellicose statements by one of its coalition partners. A) War-Like

Deterrent• A) A sad movie• B) An uplifting memory• C) A distracting object• D) Something that discourages

D) Something that discourages

The Blue Badge Protector is a visible deterrent to thieves.

Malaise

• A) Saddening

• B) Feeling of illness

• C) Time of rejoicing

• D) A slang term meaning fun

First stock markets in the Gulf and Iceland started to collapse, and last month the malaise spread to developed markets across the globe. B) Feeling of

illness

Relinquish

• A) To grow tired of

• B) To grow old

• C) To enjoy heartily

• D) To hand over

No state will relinquish any control over their military.

D) To hand over

Surreptitious

• A) secretive

• B) Done with haste

• C) messy

• D) Shiny, appealing

Unfortunately, there is only one possible reason: The administration wants surreptitious access themselves. A) Secretive

Unerring• A) Uncanny

• B) Giving a slapdash appearance

• C) Without error

• D) Freaky

C) Without Error

With his acute mental vision and unerring instinct he never allowed the trees to obscure his sight of the wood.

Gyrate

• A) To speak angrily towards

• B) To whirl

• C) Angry

• D) Shaken

People subconsciously rocked to the rhythm accentuated by both her guitarist and her quirkily gyrating body.

B) To whirl

Atrophy

• A) To waste away

• B) A reward

• C) Sympathy

• D) High morals or standards

All results should ideally be zero, as the subjects should not be showing any atrophy.

A) To waste away

Death of a Salesman

• The story revolves around the last days of Willy Loman, a failing salesman, who cannot understand how he failed to win success and happiness. Through a series of tragic soul-searching revelations of the life he has lived with his wife, his sons, and his business associates, we discover how his quest for the "American Dream" kept him blind to the people who truly loved him. A thrilling work of deep and revealing beauty that remains one of the most profound classic dramas of the American theatre. "

For Whom the Bell Tolls

• Robert Jordan, a Spanish professor from Montana serving with Loyalist guerrilla forces during the Spanish Civil War, is guided by the old man Anselmo to Pablo's guerrilla band in the mountains above a bridge which Jordan must blow up when the Loyalist offensive begins. Pablo, aware that Jordan's mission will invite fascist forces, refuses at first to participate, but relents, returning with additional men and horses shortly before the mission begins. Knowing that the fascists are aware of the offensive, Jordan sends a message to General Golz, hoping the offensive will be canceled, but the message arrives too late. Jordan blows the bridge, and Anselmo is killed by flying steel. As the group attempts escape, Jordan is seriously injured, and Maria, having been told by Jordan that he will always be with her, leaves with the survivors while

Jordan remains behind, waiting for death.

Angela’s Ashes

Sometimes it's worth the wait. Having waited 40 years to tell his story, Frank McCourt doesn't pull any punches in his story of growing up dirt poor in Limerick, Ireland. Having emigrated to America, McCourt's family returns to Ireland after his sister dies in Brooklyn. It is there that things turn from bad to worse.

It is McCourt's contention that there is nothing worse than Irish Catholic poverty, and his book would seem to bear it out: his family moves to a row house in Limerick that is located next to the street's lavatory. However, the book is written in a lyrical style from the point of view of Frank McCourt as a boy, and it is still filled with the whimsy of growing up and the natural humor of its author.

While the book is often angry (at the Church, at his father, at his poverty, at his mother), it is also filled with forgiveness without bitterness.Covering the ages spanning three to 19, Angela's Ashes is the story of Frank McCourt's struggle to escape from poverty and a tale of Ireland still seemingly in the dark ages. Barred from the good schools because of his class, teeth falling out from malnutrition, and facing life with a shiftless alcoholic father, McCourt nevertheless survives on his wits and manages to return to America to start his life over. Again. It is a triumph of both the art of memoir writing and the author's spirit.

Pygmalion

• Pygamalion tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. In the process, Higgins and Doolittle grow close, but she ultimately rejects his domineering ways and declares she will marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill - a young, poor, gentleman.

The Color Purple

• Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, combined with an example of love and independence provided by her close friend Shug, pushes her finally toward an awakening of her creative and loving self.

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