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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT. Vocabulary development from our reading 2009-2010. Keep your list in the VOCABULARY AND SPELLING section of your notebook. Words will be on the Friday quizzes, unit and final exams. From what date and reading ?. From MCHS ETHICS POLICY (9-2 ).
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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT Vocabulary development from our reading 2009-2010
Keep your list in the VOCABULARY AND SPELLING section of your notebook.
Adjective usage • Adjectives are describing words; they describe/modify something else. • Some adjectives can be used to describe things and people: • That was a wonderfulidea. • He was wonderful. • Some adjectives are not used to describe people: • She had a subsequentmeeting. • He committed asubsequentoffense. • NO: He was subsequent.
FROM LECTURE OF BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR (9/10) • Introspection • Noun • the act of examining one's own inner thoughts, impressions, and feelings • the contemplation of your own desires, decisions and conduct
FROM LECTURE OF BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR (9/10) • retrospection • Noun • the act or an instance of looking back on or reviewing past events, experiences, etc. • reference to a past event • a survey of past life or experiences
From The Shadow of Hate questions (9/15) • continuity • noun • “uninterrupted connection or unity” • (WWW.wordnetweb.princeton.edu) • the state of being uninterrupted, continuous or ongoing • How used: “How do the patterns of discrimination and racism show continuity from the past into the present?”
From The Shadow of Hate questions (9/15) • juxtaposition • noun • the act of placing two things side by side, especially to compare and contrast them • How used: “Is the juxtaposition of Louis Farrakhan and David Duke at the end of the video fair?”
From The Shadow of Hate questions (9/15) • inflammatory • adjective • extremely agitating or controversial • “tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.” • (from Random House Webster’s Dictionary, 1995) • How used: “Is the juxtaposition of Louis Farrakhan and David Duke at the end of the video fair? Is it inflammatory?”
From American Literature Timeline (9/22) • eradicated (eradicate) • punitive • intuition • primer (not paint) • materialism