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?
WORD
(from what
reading?)
How
used in
reading
Part of
speech
Definition
From MCHS ETHICS POLICY (9-2)
WORD
endeavor(s)
How used in Part of
Speech
reading
“…act with
honesty at all
times in their
academic
endeavors.”
noun
DEFINITION
strenuous
effort or
attempt
From MCHS ETHICS POLICY (9-2)
WORD
(from what
reading?)
integrity
ascertain
cumulative
tenure
subsequent
demerit(s)
How used
in
reading
“…promote
academic
integrity…”
“…ascertain the
authenticity…”
“…policy
operates on a
cumulative
basis over a
student’s fouryear tenure at
the school.”
“…subsequent
offenses are
added to
existing
demerits.”
Part of
speech
Definition
noun
verb
-adherence to a moral or ethical
code; state of moral correctness
adjective
noun
-increasing by adding on
adjective
noun
-following; after the first
-to determine, to find out, to learn
-time spent at a certain place or in a
particular position
- a mark or point against a person
for misconduct
Adjective usage
 Adjectives are describing words; they
describe/modify something else.
 Some adjectives can be used to describe
things and people:
 That was a wonderful idea.
 He was wonderful.
 Some adjectives are not used to describe
people:
 She had a subsequent meeting.
 He committed a subsequent offense.
 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