English 100
Chambers
“The Lady, or the Tiger?”
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2.
3.
4.
exuberant (45)
inevitable (45)
retribution (46)
fervent (47)
DUE: ________________
5.
6.
7.
8.
novel (adj) (47)
personage (48)
reveries (50)
rapturous (50)
For each of these vocabulary words, create an entry as modeled below. All work should be completed in the Vocabulary section of
your notebook, with a heading for the assignment and each word numbered.
1. exuberant (adj)—
a) “He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of authority so irresistible that, at
his will, he turned his varies fancies into facts” (45). SENTENCE FROM THE
TEXT (to understand varied sentence structure and context clues)
b) almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant DEFINITION OF THE
WORD AS IT IS USED IN THE TEXT
c) My little brother’s exuberance in learning how to read infected our whole family
with pride and excitement; soon we were all making extra efforts to cultivate his
newly-found love of the written word. YOUR SENTENCE, WITH CONTEXT
CLUES TO SHOW YOU UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORD
“The Cask of Amontillado” (87)
preclude (87)
impunity (87)
virtuoso (87)
accost (88)
DUE: _______________
explicit (89)
implore (91)
gesticulation (90)
promiscuous (90)
“Hop Frog” (photocopied handout)
dexterity (4)
fete (4)
audacity (6)
vagabond (6)
DUE: _______________
detrimental (8)
maniacal (10)
scruple (10)
clamber (10)
“The Lottery” (photocopied handout)
reprimands (1)
paraphernalia (1)
perfunctory (2)
DUE: _______________
duly (2)
interminably (2)
petulantly (3)
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (116)
rakishly (116)
turret (116)
haggard (117)
insolent (118)
DUE: _______________
pandemonium (119)
derisive (120)
inscrutable (120)
“The Necklace” (169)
dowry (169)
niceties (169)
DUE: _______________
disconsolate (172)
gamut (174)