English III Materials
Vocabulary, Unit 15 | |
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Vocabulary, Unit 14 | |
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Death of a Salesman (full text, pdf)
Vocabulary, Unit 13 (test Fri., 4/22) | |
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Vocabulary, Unit 12 | |
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Catcher in the Rye (full text) | |
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Intro Organizer | |
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Intro Notes 26FEB16 | |
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Conclusion Organizer | |
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Vocabulary, Unit 11
- Abstemious (adj.) MODERATE, SPARING (AS IN EATING AND DRINKING); CHARACTERIZED BY ABSTINENCE AND SELF-DISCIPLINE Synonyms: temperate, sober As an athlete, I rather abstemious when it comes to my consumption of fatty junk foods and pop.
- Censurable (adj.) DESERVING OF BLAME OR CORRECTION Synonyms: blameworthy, discreditable Because he was unaware of what he had done, we decided that his behavior was not censurable.
- Contingent (adj.) LIKELY BUT NOT CERTAIN TO HAPPEN, POSSIBLE; DEPENDENT ON UNCERTAIN EVENTS OR CONDITIONS; HAPPENING BY CHANCE A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP FORMING PART OF A LARGER BODY Synonyms: (adj.) conditional, (n.) detachment My trip to Florida was contingent on receiving a tax refund large enough to pay for it. OR The meeting was delayed due to the late arrival of the Republican candidate’s contingent.
- Corroborate (v.) TO CONFIRM, MAKE MORE CERTAIN, BOLSTER, SUBSTANTIATE, VERIFY Synonyms: (adj.) refute, contradict Charges were filed against the suspect after the man he’d names as his alibi failed to corroborate his story.
- Denizen (n.) AN INHABITANT, RESIDENT; ONE WHO FREQUENTS A PLACE Synonyms: dweller, habituate A hunter since childhood, I was well acquainted with the bear, elk, and other denizens of the arctic forest.
- Discursive (adj.) PASSING AIMLESSLY FROM ONE PLACE OR SUBJECT TO ANOTHER, RAMBLING, ROVING, NOMADIC Synonyms: diffuse, wandering The teacher took off a letter grade because Ellen’s essay failed to follow a logical argumentative structure; her discursive rambling struggles to make any sort of coherent point.
- Disseminate (v.) TO SCATTER OR SPREAD WIDELY Synonyms: disperse, publicize Andrew worked hard to disseminate literature supporting his candidate in advance of the November election; it paid off in the candidate’s victory.
- Dowdy (adj.) POORLY DRESSED, SHABBY; LACKING SMARTNESS AND GOOD TASTE Synonyms: frumpy, frowsy Annie had always seen her grandmother as rather dowdy, so the discovery of the old photograph of Nana in flapper attire was a bit of a shock.
- Florid (adj.) HIGHLY COLORED, REDDISH; EXCESSIVELY ORNATE, SHOWY Synonyms: flushed, ruddy After an afternoon spent shoveling snow, Ryan’s face was florid from his exertion and cold.
- Foist (v.) TO IMPOSE BY FRAUD; TO PASS OFF AS WORTHY OR GENUINE; TO BRING ABOUT THE STEALTH, DISHONESTY, OR COERCION Synonyms: pass off, pawn off During the nineteenth century the unscrupulous Jay Gould foisted thousands of worthless railroad shares onto an unsuspected public.
- Gauche (adj.) AWKWARD, LACKING IN SOCIAL GRACES, TACTLESS, CLUMSY Synonyms: inept, maladroit Though he was sincere when he thanked his guest for having stayed an extra week, his comment was assumed sarcastic, and therefore considered gauche.
- Heresy (n.) AN OPINION DIFFERENT FROM ACCEPTED BELIEF; THE DENIAL OF AN IDEA THAT IS GENERALLY HELD SACRED Synonyms: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy Actually saving money in order to accumulate interest seems to be a form of heresy in these days of instant credit.
- Inculcate (v.) TO IMPRESS ON THE MIND BY REPETITION, TEACH PERSISTENTLY AND EARNESTLY Inculcate (v.) Synonyms: instill, implant The man defied the officers causing them to inculcate the man the rules of their prison.
- Palpable (adj.) CAPABLE OF BEING TOUCHED OR FELT; EASILY SEEN, HEARD, OR RECOGNIZED Synonyms: obvious, manifest The tension in the room when his ex-wife entered was almost palpable.
- Perceptive (adj.) HAVING SYMPATHETIC INSIGHT OR UNDERSTANDING, CAPABLE OF KEEN APPRECIATION Synonyms: insightful, discerning His perceptive eye took in the roomful of noisy children and settled on the one child who kept nervously to himself.
- Pernicious (adj.) EXTREMELY HARMFUL; DEADLY, FATAL Synonyms: injurious, deleterious Night air was once thought to have a pernicious effect on infants who were in poor health.
- Salient (adj., sometimes n.) LEAPING, JUMPING, OR SPRINGING FORTH; PROMINENT, STANDING OUT, CONSPICUOUS A PROJECTION OR BULGE, A LAND FROM THAT PROJECTS UPWARD OR OUTWARD Synonyms: (adj.) striking, notable Susan interjected a salient observation at just the right time, saving the business deal when it had seemed all but dead.
- Satiate (v., sometimes adj. -ed) TO SATISFY COMPLETELY; TO FILL TO EXCESS FULL, SATISFIED Synonyms: (v.) gorge, surfeit The ravenous football team satiated their appetites on mountains of Trevor’s Mom’s spaghetti.
- Sear (v.) TO MAKE OR BECOME DRY AND WITHERED; TO CHAR OR SCORCH THE SURFACE OF; TO HARDEN OR MAKE UNFEELING; TO PARCH, SINGLE Synonyms: parched, dried The sun seared the farmer’s plain, causing him to move. Devin expertly prepared the scallops, searing them perfectly on each side belore sliding them, lightly browned at the edges, onto Emily’s plate.
- Specious (adj.) DECEPTIVE, APPARENTLY GOOD OR VALID BUT LACKING REAL MERIT Synonyms: deceptively plausible, sophistic Though her resumè looked very impressive, her claims of vast experience in the field were specious at best.
Vocabulary, Unit 10 | |
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Vocabulary, Unit 9 | |
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Vocabulary, Unit 8 | |
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Vocabulary, Unit 7 | |
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Vocabulary, Unit 6 | |
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (full text, pdf)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (audio via LoudLit)
Vocabulary, Unit 5 | |
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Vocabulary, Unit 4 | |
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Vocabulary, Unit 3 Sentences | |
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Vocabulary, Unit 3 | |
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The Road: end of novel questions (how to) | |
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Vocab Study Skills (After School Session) | |
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Vocab Unit 2.pdf | |
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A Mystery of Heroism.pdf | |
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Of Plymouth Plantation.pdf | |
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Vocabulary, Unit 1 | |
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Vocab Notes Blank | |
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Vocabulary Terms (mp3 pronunciations, parts of speech, definitions, use in context)