English 9 Honors Word Studies - Fall/Winter 2009
Act I words
1.rebellious
2.pernicious
3.adversary
4.augment
5.portentous
6.transgression
7.marred
8.languish
9.disposition
10.extremity
11. solemnity
Act II and III words
1. forsaken abandoned
2. conjure to call up, to summon
3. lamentable sad, regrettable, hopeless
4. devise to plan, invent, create
5. loathsome disgusting, nasty, hateful
6. incorporate to add in, to include
7. vile evil, foul, despicable,
8. submission obedience, surrender, giving in
9. slander to insult, to malign
10. effeminate feminine
11.dexterity skillfulness, cleverness
12. lamentation weeping, crying
13. calamity disaster, tragedy
14. predicament dilemna, a "mess"
15. digress to stray, wander, go off the point
16. perjury lying under oath, false swearing
17. impulsive hasty, without thought, reckless
18. monologue a long speech told by one with others listening
19. aside when a character talks to the audience
20. dramatic irony when the audience knows what the characters don't
Act IV and V words
1. inundation a flood of
2. pensive thoughtful,serious
3. resolution an answer, an ending
4. immoderately not consistant,
5. provisions supplies
6. solace comfort
7. beguile to manipulate by charm
8. amend to change, to improve
9. unaccustomed not used to
10. aloof stand-off-ish, arrogant
11. detestable disgusting, horrible
12. peruse to skim, to scan, look through
13. sunder to tear apart
14.abhorred to hate, hated
15. tedious boring, time-consuming
Word Study #2 from The Odyssey: Week of September 21 through 25.
SAT Words:
1. abolish
2. adulation
3. belligerent
4. compulsory
5. denounce
6. discreet
7. elation
8. exorbitant
9. fervent
10. imminent
11. imprudent
12. infallible
13. instigate
14. languor
15. malicious
16. ominous
17. placid
18. prosaic
19. reiterate
20. solace
Literary Terms: Words we get from the Greeks
1. museum
2. siren
3. hector
4. tantalize
5. narcissistic
6. jovial
7. martial
8. volcano
9. cereal
10. aegis
(help is on page 716 of Literature Anthology)
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Word Study #1 from The Odyssey for week of September 14 through 18th.
1. vanquish
2. undaunted
3. truculent
4. sullen
5. stupor
6. ruse
7. poignant
8. nimble
9. malign
10. mar
11. incredulous
12. emulate
13. exuberant
14. demise
15. distraught
literary terms:
1. epithet
2. diction
3. personification
4. interpretation
5. analysis
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1.rebellious
2.pernicious
3.adversary
4.augment
5.portentous
6.transgression
7.marred
8.languish
9.disposition
10.extremity
11. solemnity
Act II and III words
1. forsaken abandoned
2. conjure to call up, to summon
3. lamentable sad, regrettable, hopeless
4. devise to plan, invent, create
5. loathsome disgusting, nasty, hateful
6. incorporate to add in, to include
7. vile evil, foul, despicable,
8. submission obedience, surrender, giving in
9. slander to insult, to malign
10. effeminate feminine
11.dexterity skillfulness, cleverness
12. lamentation weeping, crying
13. calamity disaster, tragedy
14. predicament dilemna, a "mess"
15. digress to stray, wander, go off the point
16. perjury lying under oath, false swearing
17. impulsive hasty, without thought, reckless
18. monologue a long speech told by one with others listening
19. aside when a character talks to the audience
20. dramatic irony when the audience knows what the characters don't
Act IV and V words
1. inundation a flood of
2. pensive thoughtful,serious
3. resolution an answer, an ending
4. immoderately not consistant,
5. provisions supplies
6. solace comfort
7. beguile to manipulate by charm
8. amend to change, to improve
9. unaccustomed not used to
10. aloof stand-off-ish, arrogant
11. detestable disgusting, horrible
12. peruse to skim, to scan, look through
13. sunder to tear apart
14.abhorred to hate, hated
15. tedious boring, time-consuming
Word Study #2 from The Odyssey: Week of September 21 through 25.
SAT Words:
1. abolish
2. adulation
3. belligerent
4. compulsory
5. denounce
6. discreet
7. elation
8. exorbitant
9. fervent
10. imminent
11. imprudent
12. infallible
13. instigate
14. languor
15. malicious
16. ominous
17. placid
18. prosaic
19. reiterate
20. solace
Literary Terms: Words we get from the Greeks
1. museum
2. siren
3. hector
4. tantalize
5. narcissistic
6. jovial
7. martial
8. volcano
9. cereal
10. aegis
(help is on page 716 of Literature Anthology)
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Word Study #1 from The Odyssey for week of September 14 through 18th.
1. vanquish
2. undaunted
3. truculent
4. sullen
5. stupor
6. ruse
7. poignant
8. nimble
9. malign
10. mar
11. incredulous
12. emulate
13. exuberant
14. demise
15. distraught
literary terms:
1. epithet
2. diction
3. personification
4. interpretation
5. analysis
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