Term 3 Word Studies - ALL!
Term 3 Word Studies – ALL!
From "Most Dangerous Game"
1. receding – going back
2. disarming– charming
3. prolonged – extended
4. endeavor– an attempt/to try
5. imprudent– not wise
6. surmounted– overcame
7. unruffled– not worried
8. invariably– w/out fail
9. diverting– avoid
10.protruding– to stick out
11.indolently– lazily
12.amenity – a small luxury
13.debacle– a complete disaster
14.condone– to approve of
15.deplorable– horrible
16.precarious–dangerous
17.repast*– a small meal
18.depraved – sick, disgusting
19.vindicate– to prove innocence
20.sanction
from "Helen of 86th Street"
1. embody
2. odyssey
3. litany
4. incantation
5. stifle
6. scourge
7. polytheism
8. supplication
9. enunciate
10.beleaguered
11.fanatic
12.ruse
13.silhouetted
14.remorse
15.avert
16.obstruction
17.constitute
18.refuge
19.solace
20.sniper
from Anthem:
1. transgression (p17)
2. vocation (p17)
3. ailment (p24)
4. mandate (p26)
5. sieve (28)
6. cesspool (29)
7. defy (36)
8. lassitude (40)
9. eugenics(41)
10.reprimand(45)
11.pyre(50)
12.lash
13.scornful
14.moat
15.devise
16.conceive
17.wretch
18.infamy
19.torment
20. solitude
21. adversity –
2. ravage
3. profusion
4. adversary
5. rancor
6. abominably
7. ardor
8. tumult
9. restitution
10. number – use with things that can be counted (e.g. shoes)
11. amount - use with things that can’t be counted (e.g. love)
12. stealth
13. implacable
14. flay
15. insidious
16. less – with things you CAN’T count
17. fewer – with things you CAN count
18. glower -
19. lavish - Literary Terms
20. Figurative Language
21. Homeric simile
22. analogy
23. symbol
24. imagery
25. epic poetry
26. subordinate character
27. archetype
28. motif
From the Odyssey – 2nd half
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
From "Most Dangerous Game"
1. receding – going back
2. disarming– charming
3. prolonged – extended
4. endeavor– an attempt/to try
5. imprudent– not wise
6. surmounted– overcame
7. unruffled– not worried
8. invariably– w/out fail
9. diverting– avoid
10.protruding– to stick out
11.indolently– lazily
12.amenity – a small luxury
13.debacle– a complete disaster
14.condone– to approve of
15.deplorable– horrible
16.precarious–dangerous
17.repast*– a small meal
18.depraved – sick, disgusting
19.vindicate– to prove innocence
20.sanction
from "Helen of 86th Street"
1. embody
2. odyssey
3. litany
4. incantation
5. stifle
6. scourge
7. polytheism
8. supplication
9. enunciate
10.beleaguered
11.fanatic
12.ruse
13.silhouetted
14.remorse
15.avert
16.obstruction
17.constitute
18.refuge
19.solace
20.sniper
from Anthem:
1. transgression (p17)
2. vocation (p17)
3. ailment (p24)
4. mandate (p26)
5. sieve (28)
6. cesspool (29)
7. defy (36)
8. lassitude (40)
9. eugenics(41)
10.reprimand(45)
11.pyre(50)
12.lash
13.scornful
14.moat
15.devise
16.conceive
17.wretch
18.infamy
19.torment
20. solitude
21. adversity –
- From The Odyssey
2. ravage
3. profusion
4. adversary
5. rancor
6. abominably
7. ardor
8. tumult
9. restitution
10. number – use with things that can be counted (e.g. shoes)
11. amount - use with things that can’t be counted (e.g. love)
12. stealth
13. implacable
14. flay
15. insidious
16. less – with things you CAN’T count
17. fewer – with things you CAN count
18. glower -
19. lavish - Literary Terms
20. Figurative Language
21. Homeric simile
22. analogy
23. symbol
24. imagery
25. epic poetry
26. subordinate character
27. archetype
28. motif
From the Odyssey – 2nd half
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
