HOMEWORK:
Monday,
METAL MARCH 25, 2024!!!
AP ENGLISH ELITE! Read, FULLY ANNOTATE Doyle by Tomorrow
English II CP: JC Final Drafts due Tuesday, 4/2/24
English II GEN: JC Final Drafts due Tuesday, 4/2/24
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Weekly Spelling, Vocabulary, and Word Parts
Spelling and Context Evaluations
Haughty (stuck up)
intangible (immeasurable but valuable quality)
parody (work that mimics another for humorous effect)
insatiable (relentless urge)
Paradox (inherently contradictory situation)
insinuate (to suggest slyly)
Receptive (having an open-minded attitude towards)
recalcitrant (stubborn)
Proletarian (working class)
insufferable (hard to put up with)
squander (to waste)
Vocabulary:
Acknowledge (v.) - to recognize as being valid or at least existing
Recur (v.) - to happen over and over, usually in a pattern
Disregard (n., v.) - to ignore or neglect to consider as important
Epic (n.) - long adventure that involves seemingly insurmountable adversity in a quest for something valuable and worthwhile
Disquisition (n.) - lengthy essay exploring a particular topic
Idiom (n.) - expression unique to a culture like "dropped the ball" or "break a leg"
Lure (v.) - to deceive or to lead in falsely
Absolutism (n.) - only accepting absolute beliefs or principles in philosophy or politics, with no room for alternatives or compromise
Obsolescence (n.) - state being out of date or out of use, like cassette players
Self-indulgence (n.) - constant habit of indulging one's own desires or wants
Word Parts:
PREFIXES
PED (Foot) - Pedal (lever pushed by a foot)
PER (through) - perforated (punched through with holes)
ROOTS
ANTHROP (human, man) - Anthropology (study of human cultures)
VERT (turn) - Introvert - to turn inwardly
LATER (side) - quadrilateral (four sided figure)
SUFFIXES
SOPHY (wisdom, knowledge) - theosophy (speculative knowledge about God)
TROPHY (growth) - atrophy (lack of growth)
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