Guidelines for Paragraph 1 and 75 ReadingsPLUS sentences
ENGL 0310
McSherry
Spring 2013
Paragraph Assignment: Introduction of a Fellow Student
On the second day of class, you will be asked to interview a fellow student in the class.
Following the interview process, please write a well-developed paragraph to introduce
your fellow student to the rest of the class. The goal of this paragraph is to include as
many interesting and unusual details as possible about your subject (fellow student).
**** If you were absent on the day of the interview, you may write the introductory
paragraph about yourself.
The paragraph should be 100-150 words, written in ink on every other line of the
paper, or typewritten double-spaced on plain white bond paper. Use correct format
and heading according to MLA Guidelines (see MHH, page 306).
DUE DATE:
75 Readings PLUS Sentences:
Building a College-Level Vocabulary
(Due on days when readings are assigned from 75 Readings, PLUS )
For each selection in 75 Readings PLUS assigned, a list of vocabulary words to learn is
provided. You might already be familiar with some of these words, but some you
might have to look up in the dictionary and study in order to commit to memory. You
are responsible for knowing the meanings of these words. They will be included in a
vocabulary section of all reading response quizzes over the readings. Also, you will
receive one point of extra credit, to be added to the final grade of the essay, for each
new vocabulary word used correctly in your major out-of-class essays throughout the
semester. Just be sure to underline the word in the final draft of the essay.
Each day a group of reading selections is due, you are asked to write ten (10) original
sentences using any 10 new vocabulary words from the list provided. In order to
receive full credit for the sentence, the meaning of the word you use must be obvious
from the context of the sentence. In other words, your sentence should demonstrate
that you know the meaning of the word, and your reader should be able to figure out
what the word means when he/she reads your sentence. This will require a careful
crafting of each sentence on your part. Also, the sentences must be original (written
by you rather than copied from another source), coherent (make sense), correctly
constructed (no run-on’s, fragments, or comma spliced errors), and grammatically and
mechanically correct (spelling, punctuation, end marks, etc. ). Please number your
sentences and underline the new vocabulary word used in each sentence.
Example using the vocabulary word “meticulous”:
Not clear from context of the sentence: He was meticulous.
Clear from context of the sentence: She copied each detail of the original painting
with such meticulous care that no one could tell it was only a copy.
The sentences will count as an instructor’s choice grade. They are always due on the
same day as the readings, and will not be accepted late for any reason.
Vocabulary Words from 75 Readings PLUS to Learn and Use in Sentences
Week 2
“Clutter”, by William Zinsser (241) (due Thursday)
sprout
draped (v.)
eliminate(d)
summon(ed) stricken
laborious
blunt(s) (v.)
eventuality
deprive(ing)
hoboes amok deterrence
methodology
camouflage
juncture
sanction(ary)
harbor (v.)
decibel
fixation
tedious
facilitate
implement
parameter
insidious
stupefy (ied)
essential(ly)
superfluous
violate(ing)
prune
ruthless(ly)
pretentious
Week 3
“Once More to the Lake”, by E. B. White (53)
incessant
placidity
haunts (n.)
partitions
cathedral
infinite(ly)
sustain
illusion
persist(ed)
gesture
mirage
debris
dart(ed)
poised
briskly
utterly
cult(ist)
teeming
indelible
tranquil
souvenir
jollity
cherish(ed)
jar(red)
petulant
irritable
oppression
premonitory languid(ly
wince
perpetuate(ing)
imperceptibly
distinguish
precipitation
ponderous
vagueness
vortex
arsenal
fad
inflate
sacred
mar(red)
remote
dual
pensive(ly)
mere (est)
splotches
miniature
sedative
revival
vitals
debase(ing)
pompous
euphemism
nuisance
crucial(ity)
jargon
paradigm
brackets
festoon(ed)
desolate(d)
primeval
transposition
cropping (up)
dislodge(ing)
unsubstantial
undulate(ing)
throb(bed)
“pawed over”
groin
accumulate(d)
“Coming to an Awareness of Language”, by Malcolm X (21)
hustling
hustler
hype
censorship
conversion
acquire
convey
articulate (adj. & v.)
emulate
motivation
riffle(ing)
immense(ly)
wedge
monitor(ed)
slang
innevitable
“Meanings of a Word” by Gloria Naylor (125)
malleability
volatile
psyche
sanity (sane)
intermittent
reprieve
nonsensical
consensus
nymphomaniac (nymph)
necrophiliac
verified (fy)
migrate(d)
gravitate(d)
maternal
mecca
clamor
deafening
simultaneous(ly)
anecdotes (note: spelled incorrectly in text)
inflections
endearment
essence
communal
degradation (degrade)
impotent
naive
humiliate
transcendent
innocuous
inevitable
bustle(ing)
rigid
distinguish(ed)
render(ed)
Week 4
“Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell (2)
nimble
sneer(ing)
jeer
supplant
tyranny
prostrate
labyrinth
squalid
vague (r)
agony
jostle(ing)
miry
conjure(r)
futility
absurd
imperialism
ravage (ing)
profess(ed)
coarse
feeble(y)
intolerable
devour(ed)
crucify(ied)
garish
innumerable
senility pretext
“Salvation” by Langston Hughes (10)
serene(ly)
ecstatic
deceive(d)
“Grandmother’s Victory” by Maya Angelou (14)
icon
bulwark
vile
venture(ing)
profanity
apt(ly)
gaggle
twang(ing)
solemn
servile
smidgen
paranoia
impudent
detest(ed)
apparition(s)
waver(ed)
smirk
appellation(s)
“powhitetrash”
indignity
Week 4, THURSDAY
“Writing Drafts” by Richard Marius (91)
elaborate
preliminary
desperate
revise(ing)
transition(s)
digress
harry(ied)
ramble(ing)
demean
revelation
digression
insult
radical
compel(ling)
compress(ing)
Week 5
“A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood” by Judith Ortiz Cofer (65)
illustrate(s)
delineate(s)
parlor
stroll
emphatic(ally)
intricate(ly)
morality
histrionic
gesture(ing)
subconscious
conclave
auditor
ironic
matriarchal
instinctive(ly)
seduce plait detest(ed)
posture
ministrations mock(ingly)
outlandish
impervious
grotesque
exaggerate(d) eccentrics
instill(ed)
surveillance
liberate(or)
embellish(ing) parables
glean
epithet
crude
specifications swipe
contempt
abuse(ive)
accumulate
conspirator(ially)
triumphant
aberration
avid(ly)
prey
collaborator
subsequent
denouement verge
despair
mesmerize(ing)
ravish(ed)
lament(ed)
impromptu
infectious
“cultural chameleons”
**Notice Spanish words/phrases: café con leche, hombres, haciendas, cuentos, gringa, macho (n.),
finca, vaqueros, promesa
“Alone on the Hilltop” “by John Lame Deer & Richard Erdoes (96)
fondle
crouch(ed)
shiver(ing)
endure
forefathers
gourd
ancient
envelope(d)
insight
huddle(d)
meditation
perceive(d)
sacrifice
fowl
penetrate(d)
surge
distract
anthropologist
overwhelm(ing)
**Notice Native American words/phrases: hanblechia, Waken Tanka, kinnickinnick, yuwipi, heyoka,
hanhepiwi, Tunkashila, nagi, wicasa wakan
“Silk Parachute” by John McPhee (250)
overlap
intermingle
blur (v.)
assertion
vulnerable
confirm
ensue(ing)
ram(med)
fabrication
proverb
recite(d)
numerous
rumor
allegation
innuendo
“spyglass”
guffaws
blustery
gusts
nib
fabulous
abuse(d)
whack(ed)
exemplify
confute
flimsy
recollection
canard
feat
silkily
allege(d)
routine(ly)
aver(red)
unsavory
prevarication
duplicate
hemispheres
Learn Suffix Meanings
Notice how suffixes (word endings) are used at the end of root words to change the part of speech of
that word. Once you know the meaning of the root word, the meanings of its various forms should be
clear to you. Study the following suffixes and the parts of speech they create. For more about suffixes,
refer to The New McGraw-Hill Handbook (MHH), pp. 765-66, 930, and 936-37.
Noun Suffixes:
-or
-ior
-ity
-ism
-tion
-sion
-cion
-ment
-ant
-ent
-ance
-ence
-ive
-cy
-dom
-hood
-ian
-ist
-ness
Verb Suffixes:
-ize
-ate
-ify
-en
Adjective Suffixes:
-ic
-ate
-ful
-y
-able -ible
-ous
-ive
-ish
-al
-ary
-en
-less
Adverb Suffixes:
-ly
-ally
Example: Symbol is a noun meaning a thing that stands for, or is used to represent, something else.
Symbolism is a noun referring to the principle of being symbolic.
Symbolize is a verb meaning to make one thing stand for something else.
Symbolic is an adjective describing something that stands for another.
Symbolically is an adverb describing the act of making something symbolic.
Week 6 – No readings assigned for 75 Readings, PLUS this week
(**In-class Essay #2 will be based on ideas from readings due Week 7-8**)
Week 7, Tuesday
“Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts” by Bruce Catton (194)
virtual
fugitive
vain(ly)
poignant
aristocrat(ic)
chivalry
embody(ied) hazy
obligation pronounce(d)
solemn
privilege(d) deportment virtue
justify(ied)
sanctify(ied) sinewy
reverence
obeisance
implicit
prosper
accessible acute
static
diametrically (opposed)
tenacity
burgeoning vitality
fidelity
indomitable
resourceful(ness)
reconciliation
“Neat People vs. Sloppy People” by Suzanne Britt (208)
compulsive hyperbole animated
rectitude
metier
tentative
corsage
ambitious
tackle (verb) excavation clods
cavalier
heirlooms vicious
pleas
sentimental
salvage(ing) wad(ded)
swath
insensitive
stupendous
mementos
scrupulous(ly)
meticulous(ly)
(un)vary(ing)
Week 7, Thursday
“Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and The Extinction of Dinosaurs” by Stephen J. Gould (448)
fundamental
inquiry
entice(ing) consequence
essence
fascinate(ing)
thrive
stunning
soluble
titillate(ing)
extinction
invoke
primal(ly) reside
speculate(ion) (ive)
compile (compilation)
scrutiny
confirm
hypothesis (ses)
extension
imply (implication)
enlighten
evolution (evolve)
virtual(ly)
refute(ing) intrigue(ing) testes (testicular) scrotal (sac)
sterilize (ation)
psychoactive
detoxify
loft (ing) (aloft)
suppress(ing)
photosynthesis
tantalize(ing)
demise
synchrony
habitats
terrestrial (extraterrestrial)
marine
paleontologists
exhaust(ive) tabulate(ion) debacle
prominent(ly)
dominate(ion)
phenomenon (a) (phenomenology)
coordinate(d)
component
perennial
enveloped infer
rectal
physiological
fluctuate(ion)
extrapolate(ing)
optimum
explicit(ly)
disavow(ed)
empirical
concede(d) enervate
contraception
swill
equivalent anthropocentric
anxiety
fertile
ingest(ed) contort(ed) catastrophe pedigree
lull
scenario
simultaneous
precipitous(ly)
perish
dormant(ancy)
chauvanist(ic)
criterion (a) evidence
methodology
superficial
paradox(ical)
devise
contrary
violate
site(ing)
gratuitous
deficient
strata
pristine
consume (consumption)
labor(ious)
sediment(s) appendage
oblivion
commentary
terminal
forge(s)
crucial
spawn(ed) indigenous
isotope
provenance spherule(s)
silica
engender
rivet(ed)
colleague(s) holocaust
ethical
imperative
exterminate(ing) magnificent
Can you identify the allusion: “the big H”? Cretaceous, Mesozoic and Cenozoic time periods?
Week 8, Tuesday
“The Serpents of Paradise” by Edward Abbey (supplemental handout)
forlorn
reconnoiter(ing)
demented
windrow(s)
garrulous
gregarious
erratic
exuberant
ascent
invariably
plaintive
analogy
brood(ing)
solitude
lurk(ing)
obscure
resolve
sluggish
rouse
sanctuary
humanist
dormant
allege(d)
apt
nuisance
bask(ing)
aloft
slither(s)
coax(ing)
prod(ding)
domesticate
docile
passive
compatible
stifle(ing)
verandah
caduceus
undulant
perpetual
tangible
voyeur
obsess(ed)
congruence
variation
(over)awe
rite
prone
flawless
unison
paralyze(d)
veer
plague(d)
totemic
deity(ies)
surplus
primeval
continuity
descend
deny(ies)
yodel
enrapture(d) susceptible
protozoan
oblige(d)
kindred
gelid
probe
impute
ornithologist
preserve
compel(led)
gulch
scarce
ritual
combative
elevate
simultaneous(ly)
innumerable
symbiosis
rational(ism)
evolution(ary)
(**From the French, “pas de deux” means “dance of two”)
(**From the Latin, “anthropomorphism” means “of human form/structure”)
(Can you identify the allusion to Spinoza on page 109?)
“Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee (212)
immigrants
sari(s)
endure
clings
passion(ately)
quota
fluid(ity)
renounce(ing)
caste (adj.)
loom(ing)
ethics
retaining
unvarying
perspective
mythic
scrutiny
discretion
discard(ed)
curtail(ing)
subtext
advocate(s)
irrational
hysteria
divergence
freak
ancestral
cuisine
referendum
betrayal
exile
Week 8, Thursday
acquire(d)
ethnic
unapologetic
erasure
superficial
manipulate(d)
expatriate
demotion
fluency
trauma
hassle(-free)
opt(ing)
(over)enthusiastic
mongrelization
scapegoat(ing)
adversary(ies)
courteous
aristocrat
differentiate
self-transformation
“Women’s Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?” by Susan Sontag (supplemental handout)
feminist
oppression
aesthetic
lame(ly)
envious(ly)
seductive
facility
disciples
wary
pedagogy(ical)
deprive(d)
adrift
alienate(d)
arbitrary
paradox(ical)
superficial
vestiges
pagan
detriment
essential
essence
competent
throes
narcissism
stereotypes
fretful
despair(ing)
scrutiny
muster
ideal(ization)
trivial
blemish
lament(able) conceive(d)
depreciate(ion)
negate
renounce
censure
preen
clamber(ed)
disparage
abridge(d)
interminable
“Where Have All The Parents Gone?”, by Barbara D. Whitehead (277)
affluence
advocate(s)
prospective
stake
illiterate
impair(ed)
illegitimate
altruist
rationale
intergenerational
coalition
immigrant
optimist(ic)
conjures
progress(ive)
dystopic
embryo(nic)
quirky
evade(s)
nonconforming
alter(ed)
fundamental
ambitious
rhetoric
cosmic(ally)
decline
hospitable
consume(r)
converge(d)
demographic
agenda
dissent
lurk(ed)
pronatal
ideology
definitive
credential
beckon(ed)
“moral imperative”
subsidy(ies)
dearth
critique
prospect(ive) suffocate(ing)
flatter(ing)
exemplar(s)
concede(d)
afflicted
pathology
laetrile
toxic
epidemic
staid
bizarre
tabloid(s)
neonatal
indulge(d)
devastate(ing) self-deprecate(ing)
au pair
indict(ment)
pervasive
disarray(ed)
proponent(s)
marginal
consensus
sector
exploit(ing)
“conjures up”
Week 9 -- NO READINGS OR VOCABULARY ASSIGNED FOR THIS WEEK
*No more sentence assignments from this point on. However, you should still learn the vocabulary
words for quizzes over readings and vocabulary assigned, and to build a college-level vocabulary for
your own use.
Week 10 – NO READINGS OR VOCABULARY ASSIGNED FOR THIS WEEK
WEEK 11, Tuesday
“Should This Student Have Been Expelled?”, by Nat Hentoff (373)
imbibe(d)
“spirits” (as in “liquor”)
offensive
homophobic
juncture
rehabilitate(d)
notorious
enshrine(d)
expulsion
genial
commute
magistrate
affirm(ed)
vigor
harass(ed)
objector(s)
dissenters
(un)affiliated
libertarian
smite(ing)
pitiable
indignant(ly)
demeaning
proscribe
epithets
slander(s)
flagrant
huffy(ily)
vandalize
brayed
decibel
ban
tenor (“of the times”)
hypocritical
fatuous
precepts
adjacent
unruly
invective
denounce
graffiti
incite
vandalism
construe(d)
abide
partisans
orthodox(ies) anathema
adherence
“Shouting ‘Fire!’”, by Alan Dershowitz (382)
parody
censor
sleazy
invoke(d)
diverse
prominent
hallowed
arsenal
inept (**this word is spelled wrong [“inapt”] in your text-page 394)
promiscuous(ness)
invocation
caricature
circulate(d)
intimidate(ion)
impassioned
exhort(ation) stringent
injunction
hinder(ing)
contemplation conscience
adrenaline
irrelevant
“faggot”
penance
inaugurate(d)
exile
flack
condemnation
terminate(ion)
unsavory
blasphemous
bigot(ry)
anonymous
heterodoxy
malicious(ly)
jurisprudential
insubordination
conscription
substantive
derivative
analogy
rhetoric
seditious
malicious
aphorism
proximity
vagrant
legitimate
“carte blanche” conspire
throes
impunity
brigade(d)
extortion
(conspiratorial)
hysteria
anarchists
equivalent
lineage
tantamount
plaintiff
defame (defamation)(defamatory)
exhort(ation) “flawed analogy”
Week 11, Thursday
“Doublespeak”, by William Lutz (174)
deficiencies
revenue
enhance(ment)
purport(ed)
conceal
euphemism
arbitrary
deprivation (deprive)
pretentious
obscure
esoteric
profundity (profound)
“gobbledygook”
corrupt
cynicism
fiscal
variance
tact(ful)
taboo
sanction(ed)
jargon
terminology
prestige
“bureaucratese”
“Tapping Into Text Messaging”, by Janet Kornblum (364)
“Texting in Class is Rampant”, by Michael Rubinkam (369)
WEEK 12 – NO READINGS OR VOCABULARY ASSIGNED FOR THIS WEEK
Week 13 – NO READINGS OR VOCABULARY ASSIGNED FOR THIS WEEK
(**Final Exam Essay will be based on ideas from readings due Weeks 14-15)
WEEK 14, TUESDAY
“Talk in the Intimate Relationship: His and Hers”, by Deborah Tannen (supplemental handout)
glean(ed)
negotiate
furrow(ed)
disclaim(s)
literal
catatonia
jockey(v.)
intimacy
hone(d)
palpable
incongruent
solidarity
scrutiny
intensify
plausible
lure
competitive
etiquette
obscure(ing)
congruence
explicit(ly)
deferential
absurd(ly)
adamant(ly)
abashed
lug
diverge(ent)
imply(ing)
diffuse(d)
nuance(s)
metamessage
rife
authenticity
condescend(ing)
combustible
devastate(ing)
reckless
intone(ation)
repercussions
absolve
surmise
sensitize
insistent(ly)
(condescension)
manipulate(d)
quintessential(ly)
endangerment
essence
stylistic
“Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus”, by John Gray (supplemental handout)
frequent(ly)
nurture(ing)
fantasy (fantasize)
characteristic
instinct(ively)
oriented
offend (offensive)
motto
assess(es)
insight(s)
gizmo
(un)solicited
harmony
intimate
sensitive(ity)
humiliate
appreciate
empathy
resist(s)
competency (competent)
efficient (cy)
preoccupy(ied)
autonomy
presume
rare(ly)
perceive(d)
cooperation tremendous comprehend
intuitive
anticipate(ing) conception
cherish(ed) constructive criticism
**The planets Mars (Martians) and Venus (Venusians) are metaphors (comparison of two things) for
men (like the planet/God Mars) and women (like the planet/Goddess Venus).
Week 14, THURSDAY (Gender issues from the male perspective-Ideas for Final Exam Essay)
“The Company Man”, by Ellen Goodman (121)
bleak
obituary
coronary
thrombosis
discreet(ly)
inquiry(ies)
“The Men We Carry in Our Minds”, by Scott Russell Sanders (203)
dingy
sodden
marginal
stoke(d)
squint(ed)
arsenal
tapestry(ies) potent
grievance(s) envy(ied)
cater
barrio(s)
(un)molest(ed)
acrid
till(ing)
limbo
slog(ging)
fret(ted)
bleak
ally
emblem
maim(ed)
savvy
feat
scrimp(ed)
undertow
brute
finicky
remote
baffle(d)
wretched(ness)
tedium
“Black Men and Public Space”, by Brent Staples (235)
affluent
billow(ing)
stalk(ing)
elicit
perpetrator
intimidate
proprietor
steely
discreet
quarry
wayfarer
avid
solace
perilous
cursory
warble(ing)
impoverish(ed)
(un)inflammatory (inflame)
(un)wield(y)
insomnia
menace(ingly)
dismay(ed)
dicey
errant
taut
forge (v)
hallucination
alienate(ion)
entity
bravado
ad hoc
posse
labyrinth(ine)
berth
skittish
congenial
constitutional(s) (as in “walks”)
“Shouldn’t Men Have ‘Choice’ Too?, by Megham Daum (supplemental handout)
pro-choicers
spouse(al)
erode(sion) destiny(ies)
equation
inviolability (violate)
fetus
terminate(d) “slippery slope”
injunction
caveat
salient
onus
shudder
radical relative(ly)
trimester
lament(s)
obligation
absolve(s)
(alien)ated
platitude
reductive
brunt
dole(d)
dissociate
horrify(ies) sufficient
diplomatic
prospect
extricate
arcane
sexist
contrary
**Identify the allusion : “Roe vs. Wade”
Week 15, TUESDAY ( Gender issues from the female perspective-Ideas for Final Exam Essay)
“What Is Poverty?”, by Jo G. Parker (115)
stench
antihistamines
surplus
chisel
privy (n.)
despair
commodities
defeat
chronic
repossessed
immoral
anemia
malnutrition
illegitimate
“Why I Want a Wife”, by Judy Brady (419)
incidentally
ramble(ing)
nurturant
tolerate
hors d’oeuvres
sympathize
entail
replenish(ed)
“Only Daughter”, by Sandra Cisneros (476)
hilarious
leisure
retrospect
vial(s)
putter(v.)
philander(ing)
woo
“Rape: A Bigger Danger Than Feminists Know”, by Camille Paglia (supplemental reading)
tolerate(d)
pervasive(ness)
civilize(d)
explicit
feminism
elite
crusade
drama(tize)
petition(ed) inquest(s)
panic(ky)
scrawl(ed) allege(d)
incidence
exaggerate(ion)
acquaintance
castrate(d) clan(s)
vulnerable eerie
solitary
somber
remedy
embolden slogans
naïve
prude(ish) taxidermist menstruate(ion)
hormone(al)
quest(ing) fraternity
testosterone cacti (cactus)
resolute
idiot
disciples
erotic(ism) intertwine(d)
pursuit
ethical(ly) anarchy
brutishness (brute)
solemn
repress(iveness)
infectious delirium
theatrics
anticipate
fend
agonizing (agony)
subplot
climax
lure(d)
subliminal militant
arouse(al)
discard(ed) suppress(ed) turbulence anxiety
voracity
persistent
motif
straddle(s) covet(ing)
cosmic
prudent
cautious
resolve
grievance
infantile
espouse(s) vulgar
harass(ed) dope(y)
propaganda
churn(ed)
uptight
affluent
psychodrama
manipulate (manipulativeness) transgression
spew
swagger(ing)
combust(ible)
reorient
judiciary
inquiry (inquire)
What are “pie-in-the-sky” fantasies?
What is a “double standard”? What is meant
by “politically correct language”? Identify the following allusions from the essay:
“Shirley Temple”, “Carry Nation”, “Clara Bow”, “Marilyn Monroe”, “Cher”, “Yvette
Mimieux syndrome”.
(Also, reread supplemental handout, Sontag’s, “Women’s Beauty: Put Down or Powere Source?”)
Week 6, continued
“This is a Religious War” by Andrew Sullivan (490)
admirable reluctance commentator(s)
saturate(d) theological regime
militant(s) denounce(d) conspicuous(ly)
modernity virulent
underpinning(s)
meddle(ing) oppressive spearhead(ed)
explicit(ly) alleged
defile(ing)
litany
grievance(s) cynical
salience
provoke
decadence
Week 5, Sullivan, continued
hideous
persecution naïve
ambush
infidel(s)
rigorous
laudable
fanatically
strain
crusade
corrupt
aggressors
nefarious
rack(ed)
dimension
criticize(d)
radical
fundamentalist
tyrannical
commend(able)
precise
fatwa
intolerance besiege
dissonance humble(st)
dignity
impel(s)
espouse
prophet
repression perversion
monotheism denial
denigrate
recourse
literal
disorient(ing)
conscience dictates
transformative
coerce
impeccable begets
infallibility heresy
premise
abyss
crave(ing) infiltration
deem(ed)
authentic
replicate(d)
fusion
ultimate
imminence
rapture
dissident
arduous
definitive
entice(ing) mundane
fervor
certitude(s) mock(ed)
evangelicalism
mobilize(d) zeal
fuse (v.)
retrospect
consign(ed) polygamous
pagan(s)
secular(ize) subsequent(ly)
engulf
discourse
imperial
flirt(ation) irredentist emphatic(ally)
implications incentive
blasphemous
revulsion
oppression avenge(d)
psyche
inveigh
capitulate(ion)
stark
cite
orthodox(ies)
vibrant(ly) tangible
rebuke
formidable conceit(s)(n.) succumb(ing)
propitious toxic
arduous
precedent
inherent
condescend
injunction
dogma
purge(d)
negligence
fanatics
totalitarian
perpetual
futility
allure
liberal
sage
exploit(ation)
adherent
subjugation
exhilarate(ing)
dissent
despair
hideous
replica
liquidate(d)
immune
neophyte
beckon(ed) spawned
conceal(ed) servitude
repudiate
underpinning
intermittent eclipse(d) (v. )
extreme(ism) phenomenon
corrupt(ion) flout(ing)
assimilate(ion) abrogate(ion)
coercion
genuine
platitude
predicament
hyperbole epic
harness (v.) coopt
(**Notice how different forms of the same word are used: tyrant, tyranny,
tyrannical; theology, theological, theologian; persecute, persecution,
persecutor); and oppression, repression, suppression.
(Can you identify the following allusions: September 11, Osama bin Laden,
The Crusades, The Inquisition, The Taliban, Gomorrah, Sodom, Salman
Rushdie, Nazi Germany, Lenin, Stalin, Jerry Falwell, Oliver Cromwell, Old
Glory, Hitler)
“Letter to His Father” by Franz Kafka (257)
hamper
magnitude precise(ly)
abbreviated veil(ed) (adj.)
conquest
diffident(ly) eloquence
dominance temperament
trample
malice
succumb(ed)
timid
obstinate
constitute(d) vigor
contradict(ion)
specimen
profound
frantic
extremity
humiliate(ion)
consistent enigmatic
“butt in”
defamation denigration
vermin
incomprehensible
utterly
swill
admonitions
somber
comply
infinite(ly) remote
annoyance
defiance
swarms
stunned
scruple
inviolability
irony
malicious
rebuke
craning (v.) illimitably
maze
reconciliation
furtive
animate(d) parcel
spectacle
torment
allied (ally) condemn(ation)
“Embryo Police” by Brendan Koerner (407)
Medical jargon and terms, usually defined in context: in vitro fertilization,
biotech, hemophilia, meningitis, human genome, genetic engineering,
cytoplasmic transfer, Beta thalassemia major, amniocentesis
embryo
unique(ly)
fertility
desperate
meddle(ing) regulate
lauded
ethics
primed
motto
murky
implication
laypeople
rigorous
skeletal
ova (ovum)
enthusiastic inflate(ing)
posthumous(ly)
explicit
comatose
manipulate relentless
“mavericks” terminal(ly)
heritage
bicker
mammalian infantile
menial
inkling
derive(d)
dilemma
marathon
donor
curtail(ing) rail (v.)
deliberation consumer
arduous
enraged
technicality qualm(s)
shabby
deceit(ful)
refrain
propensity
gruff
succumb(ed)
implant(ation)
overseer
quandary(ies)
genetic
prescient
merely
skeptic(s)
potential
cherish(ed)
quest
“catchall”
endow(ed)
divine (v.)
rogue
crusade(ing)
altruistic
extract
chromosome
concoct(ed)
bioethicist
eugenics
compile(ing)
wield(ers)
flare
gametes
impregnate
sire(ing)
prepubescents
efficacious
infamous
abort
murky
judicious
timid
fetus
unilateral(ly)
hordes
rile (s)
baffle
plight
nil
cusp
negate
tyke(s)
obesity
fatal
fraught
tarry(ied)
conclave
err (v.)
optimism
credo
arbiter
emblem(atic)
regimen
alter(ing)
equation
confer
tort
harsh
peril
inhibit(ed)
espouse
ombudsman
supplant(ed)
sliver
thorny(iness)
Terms and allusions (will not be found in most dictionaries):
“slippery slope”: a term used in logic referring to a questionable assumption or
conclusion which can lead to unexpected consequences
“soldier on”: continue in spite of opposing forces, like a soldier in combat
“powwow”: reference to Native American gathering; a great meeting of many
“GenRich”: made up word referring genetically enhanced (rich) people,
scientifically designed to eliminate all “natural weaknesses”
“Solomonic dilemmas”: allusion to Solomon, a famous Biblical King known for
his extremely wise decisions
“Symposium: Should Congress Use Tax Dollars to Fund Therapeutic Cloning?” by
James Greenwood and Sam Brownback (418)
Medical jargon and terms, usually defined in context: somatic cells, pluripotent
stem cells, embryonic stem cells, in vitro fertilization, immunorejection,
immunosuppressive, human reproductive cloning, therapeutic cloning
symposium sever(ing)
dread
derive(d)
paraplegic
feasible
convert
nucleus
transmute((d)
nuclei
stimulate
condone
proprietary
myriad
alternative
zygote
proponent
leisure
despite
infinite
toxic
progenitor
substantive
plague (v.)
essence
unmerited
advocate
purport(ed)
feverish
regenerative
breadth
rigorous
controversial
implication
distort
intrinsic(ally)
dilemma
astronomical(ly)
miscarriage deformity
expertise
eligible
legacy
scrutiny
harbor (v.) flexible
implicit(ly) inalienable
negate
supposition
ultimate
disingenuous
pragmatic viable
dialogue
profound
“A Few Kind Words for Superstition” by Robertson Davies (238)
renaissance irrational
superstition parapsychology
(transcend)ental
enlighten(ment)
deplore(d) (un)acknowledge(d)
naivete
(in)dispute(ably) flourish(ing)
theologian(s)
“vain observances”
divination oracle(s)
scorn
I Ching
appeal
absolve
rationalist(s)
idolatry
jujus
bribe(ry)
submerge(d) crude
prevalent
minatory
placate(d)
cajole(d)
unbidden
persist
devout
psychoanalyst(s) “compulsion neurosis”
banish
creed
antedate(s) proliferate(d)
philter(s)
aloof
swarthy
“Shakespeare’s Sister” by Virginia Woolf (224)
perennial
avarice
composite
queer
heiress
parcel
perceptible
betrothal
suet
supplement
poached
guffaw(ed)
askew
authentic
prosaic(ally)
inconspicuous
escapade
bellow(ed)
incorporeal
sordid
perpetual(ly)
impropriety
agog
lust(ed) (as verb)
liable
hideous
scarcity
deplorable
ceased
servile
“A Crime of Compassion”, by Barbara Huttman (256)
witty
resuscitate(d)
haggard
irrigate
transformation
feces
liable
negligence lucid
agonized
stilled (v.) infuse(ing)
humility
impotence arrogant
imperative riddled (v.)
waxen
pallor
***Identify the allusion (a reference to a famous historical image meant to be
familiar to the reader, intended to create a comparison): “a fatted calf”
“The Anthropology of Manners” by Edward T. Hall (247)
taboo(s)
barbarous quaint(ness) enculturate(ing)
cordially
elusive
intangible etiquette
stagger
penchant
unconscious congeries
subtle(ies) intonation posture
cues
apt
heartily
ease
slouch
converse
connotation obstruction barricade(ing)
spatial
vague
anxiety
offense
aversion
persist
equivalent mutter
anthropologist
proffered
implications
utterance
territoriality
dignity
intimacy
utter
transact
hostility
imprecise
redundant
consternation
exasperate(d)
“The Way to Rainy Mountain” by N. Scott Momaday (54)
knoll
anvil
brittle
linear
foliage
writhe
isolate
proportion infirm
sacred
disposition unrelenting pillage
crucial
preeminent(ly)
humiliation affliction
defeat
brooding
ill-provisioned
evolve
forebears
nomad(ic) migrate(ion)
pilgrimage
confinement cleavage
reckon(ed) stature
luxuriant
recedes
billowing
precise(ly) profusion
deity
solstice
veer
**cauldron (misspelled in your text)
wean
engender
kinsmen
tenuous
reverence
wary(iness) awe
consummate impale
delegation
disperse
deicide
ramble(ing) inherent(ly)
urgency
illusion
**In Chapter 2, besides the vocabulary words to learn , be aware of (circle or
highlight) words which are used to create a sensory image (those that appeal to one of
the five physical senses of smell, taste, touch, sight, sound) and the use of similes and
metaphors to create an image in the reader’s mind or to make the reader experience
the idea through his or her senses.
--Examples of sensory words are, “flutter”, “purred”, “whined”, “tapping” or
“humming”.
--Examples of similie (comparison using the word “like”) are, “It was like the revival
of an old melodrama…”, (E.B. White). And “…carrying her basket…like a grotesque
Little Red Riding Hood…” (Cofer).
--An example of a metaphor (comparison by saying one thing is another thing) is
“…the prairie is an anvil’s edge” (Momaday) And “The great billowing clouds…are
shadows that move upon the grain…” (Momaday)
“It’s Just Too Late” by Calvin Trillin (312)
contemporary ideal
cuddle(d)
confide
reserve(d)
introspective elaborate (adj.)
errant
magnanimous
humble
batik
gentility
grieve
keepsakes
mortified (y) affliction rural
sparse(ly)
literal(ly)
synonymous precise
eject(ed)
prim
temperance
profound
introvert(ed)
formality(ies)
accentuate(d)
unsettle(ing) decrepit
unsuitable(ility)
slur(red)
incorrigible(s) equivalent
deposition
indict(ed)
alternative prosecutor construe(d) vindictive graphic(ally)
transform
impressive concoct
deliberate(d) (verb)
Week 11 - Thursday NO SENTENCES, just learn vocabulary
“Virtual Rape”, by Wendy Kaminer (400)
“cyberstalking”
“hacking” predator
deviant
unsavory
aggravate(d)
gynecologist
obscene
pervasive
precedent (unprecedented)
virtual
presume(d) testament
dupe(d)
fondle(ing)
facilitate
pedophile coercion
culpable
irrelevant
digitally (“digit” as in finger)
staples
fictive
anachronistic
harangue(ing)
traumatic
hierarchy(ies)
excoriate(d)
ubiquity
fragility (fragile) rationalize denizens
satire
alleged(ly)
subordinate(d)
imprint(ing)
penal (as in “law”)
metaphor(ic) “cyberculture”
rival(ed)
“Netizens”
harbor (v.) pillage
liable
horrific
intimidate
garner(ed) libertarian trysts
proximity
disseminate(ing)
radical
spawn(ed) indict(ed)
inevitable attenuate(d)
exploit
cull(ed)
demur (v.) pretension technicality
intricacies (intricate)
parameter(s) dissolution allure (ing)
intrusion
refuge surveillance ubiquitous curtailed
Identify the idiom: “going after a rabbit with a howitzer”
“No Name Woman” by Maxine Hong Kingston (21)
impoverished
precarious stowaway(s)
emigrant
brute
divert(ing)
frivolous
prodigal
extrvagance (t)
permeate(d)
commensal avert(ed)
deflect
avenger(s) barbarians
enormities (y)
subtle
rollick(ing)
reap(ed)
contrive(d) depilatory
whorls
ply(ied)
lavish(ed)
(un)modulate(d)
inaudible
inseminator
circumvent
incest
atavism
maelstrom
adultery
talisman
inexorable
fatalism
culpable(ility)
flay(ed)
incite
obliterate(d)
origamy(ied)
spite
protrude(ing)
sojourners
tractably (ble)
glower(ing)
delineate(d)
eccentricity
hex(es)
efface
abhorrent
elude(s)
infidelity
agoraphobia
spasmodic(ally)
acrid
proxy
miens
(Week 6, continued)
“ Chronicles of Ice” by Gretel Ehrlich (111)
turbulence timpani
spires
basal
static
accretes
coherence stilts
torrents
inextricable cacophony ablation
equilibrium archive (ist) fluctuate (ion)
evolve (evolution)
vacillate
plummet
crucial
escalate
saline(ity) intrusion
temperate pandemonium
extinct
shimmer(ing)
psyche
contemplate
denigration hiccup
renounce
rustic
spectator
shear(ed)
percolates
incarnate
deflect
vast
mirage
secular(ized)
Jargon (words and terms specific to this field of study): “greenhouse gases”, “albedo effect”,
permafrost”, “ecosystem”
“China’s Biggest Gamble…Capitalism Without Democracy?” by Henry Blodget (226)
capitalism
entrepreneurs
entreat(ing)
purport(edly)
plea
per se
corrupt(ion)
grieve (grievance)
herald
preserve(ing)
chokehold alternate (alternatively)
desperate
revert
oppress(ion)
presume
priority
transition
socialism
inevitable(bly)
potential(ly) destablize
thrive
corrupt(ion) efficient
allocate(ion) ravage(d)
media
repercussion buttress(ing)
realm
regulatory
forum
scandal
stifle
subtle
sophisticate(d)
penchant
vague(ly)
hinder
vibrant
oligarchy
scapegoat
dynamic
Can you identify the allusion: “Michael Moore”
“A Step Back to the Workhouse?” by Barbara Ehrenreich (371)
consensus abhor(red) commentator
hapless
aspire
caucus(ed)
stereotype
dissolute
augment
spurt
“on a par” destitute
compensation
self-determination
depravity
“in tow”
rhetoric
intergenerational
psychic
estranged
pediatrician
foibles
conceits
snare(s)
sap
demolish
“work ethic”
vociferous penalized
demoralization
juggernaut pernicious over-coercive
bandwagon trauma
dire
meager
straits
impoverished
default
plight
embedded
inequitable coercion
mystique
subordination
liberal
constituency
expediency
startling
consistent
unique(ly)
bureaucratic
compulsive
inadequacies
hostile
feminist
relegate
disastrous
utilize
victimization
capitalism
illogic
proponents
devastating
hassle(s)
compulsive
inclined
menial
activist
pragmatists
humane
autonomy
dole
transition
Week 11, Tuesday, continued
”Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor” by Garrett Hardin (376)
metaphor (metaphorically)
idealist
enthusiastic
ethics
bickering
crude(ly)
catastrophe exclude
critical
abhorrent conscience yield(s)
substantive
dwindle(ing)
prosperity aggregate
initial(ly)
sovereign
philanthropy
erosion
discretion restraint
inevitable
acute
per capita
conversion liberal
prominent
humanitarian
sole(ly)
competent relevant
irrelevant
slovenly
diminish
stabilize
differential persist
provident
taint
devoutly
ample(ly)
antagonism
ecology
impoverish(ed)
subsequent posterity
Metaphors: Earth as a “spaceship”, the United Nations as a “toothless tiger”, each
rich nation as “lifeboat”.
SAVE for fall semester-Halloween
“An Indian Father’s Plea” by Medicine Grizzlybear Lake (455)
typical
peers
traditional
genetic
spirituality
snug(gly)
hinder
abstract
intuitive
faculty(ies)
rational
complicated
sacred
ancient
regalia
rituals
fluent
tentative
foray
adamant
harsh
lashed (v.)
heritage
essence
urban
weird
hereditary
inferior
token
appropriate(d) discrimination
ensure(ing(
deliberate (adj.)
diverse
integrate(d)
embarrass(ment)
artifacts
contemporary
“Bilingual Education: Outdated and Unrealistic”, by Richard Rodriguez (441)
analogous
segregate(d)
endorse(d)
drone
pedagogy
compress
contrition
enthusiast(s) foist(ed)
integrate(ion)
ideological (ideology)
intrinsic
mandate
relegate(ion)
curtsy
linguistic
acquisition
candor
existential(ly)
tentative(ly)
bespeak
compliance (comply)