Block Day 12/10-11 ~ The Power of One, Ch.6

*West only: Journal Check


THE POWER OF ONE

*Discuss Ch. 4

*More Vocab

1. recalcitrance (n.) - stubborn, resistant (p.259)
2. Aberrant (adj.) - straying from the right or normal way (p.266)
3. perfidy (n.) - deliberate breach of; treachery (p.308)
4. iniquitous (adj.) - sinful, wicked (p.311)
5. erratically (adv.) - lacking consistency or uniformity; irregularity (p.315)

REVIEW GAME!!!

Here it is again for your studying pleasure......... SAT Vocab that will be on the final. 

From Two Kinds

1. prodigy - child of highly unusual talent or genius
2. lamented - said with regret or sorrow
3. listlessly - without energy or interest
4. mesmerizing - fascinating
5. discordant - clashing; not in harmony
6. dawdled - wasted time; lingered
7. stricken - heartbroken
8. fiasco - total failure
9. nonchalantly - without interest or concern
10. betrayal - failure to fulfill another's  hopes

From Through the Tunnel

1. Contrition - a state of feeling crushed by guilt
2. luminous - bright or shining
3. supplication - the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly
4. sputtering - spitting or spraying
5. beseeching - urgently requesting someone to do something
6. minute - tiny
7. clambered - to climb, move, or get out of something in an awkward or laborious way
8. incredulous - unbelievable
9. gout - a type of arthritis

From The Masque of the Red Death

1. profuse - plentiful
2. sagacious - wise
3. voluptuous - characterized with luxury or pleasure
4. contagion - the spreading of disease
5. imperial - majestic
6. emanating - coming forth
7. sedate - calm; quiet
8. pervaded - spread throughout
9. piquancy - a pleasantly sharp or appetizing flavor
10. phantasm - a figment of the imagination; an illusion
11. cessation - ceasing or stopping
12. disapprobation - strong disapproval, usually on moral grounds
13. propriety - quality of being proper
14. tangible - something that can be touched
15. impetuosity - impulsive or rash 

 *Watch movie if time! 
Pay attention...it deviates from the novel quite a bit, but also explains more.



HW: Read like the wind! You now have four weeks to complete this novel!