The following words are from the Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.
01. resignation (1)
02. sodden
03. relish (2)
04. pugnacious
05. languid (11)
06. reproof (12)
07. dissolution
08. desecrating (14)
09. conjectures (21)
10. mien (24)
11. gilded (25)
12. ether
13. jurisdiction (42)
14. promenading (47)
15. conferred (48)
16. temerity (50)
17. fractious (56)
18. discomfiture (68)
19. indignantly
20. dudgeon (74)
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Honors English 11 Vocabulary List Triskaidekaphobia
This week's words come from the Penguin edition of Of Mice and Men.
01. morosely (4)
02. droned (6)
03. brusquely (8)
04. pantomime
05. reluctantly (9)
06. imperiously
07. anguished (11)
08. scoff (17)
09. scourges (18)
10. liniment (19)
11. mollified (24)
12. pugnacious (25)
13. gingerly (25)
14. ominously (27)
15. absorbedly
16. derogatory
17. flounced (29)
18. plaintively
19. bridled (31)
20. apprehensive (32)
01. morosely (4)
02. droned (6)
03. brusquely (8)
04. pantomime
05. reluctantly (9)
06. imperiously
07. anguished (11)
08. scoff (17)
09. scourges (18)
10. liniment (19)
11. mollified (24)
12. pugnacious (25)
13. gingerly (25)
14. ominously (27)
15. absorbedly
16. derogatory
17. flounced (29)
18. plaintively
19. bridled (31)
20. apprehensive (32)
Monday, November 10, 2008
Honors English 11 Vocabulary Week 12
The following vocabulary words and pagination are from the edition of The Great Gatsby found here.
01. devoid (12)
02. contemptuous (14)
03. peremptorily (15)
04. corroborated
05. banns
06. intimation (16)
07. sauntered (17)
08. contiguous
09. sumptuous
10. facet (18)
11. pastoral (19)
12. interposed
13. haughtily
14. apathetically (20)
15. languid (21)
16. hauteur
17. flounced (22)
18. strident (24)
19. innuendo (27)
20. prodigality
01. devoid (12)
02. contemptuous (14)
03. peremptorily (15)
04. corroborated
05. banns
06. intimation (16)
07. sauntered (17)
08. contiguous
09. sumptuous
10. facet (18)
11. pastoral (19)
12. interposed
13. haughtily
14. apathetically (20)
15. languid (21)
16. hauteur
17. flounced (22)
18. strident (24)
19. innuendo (27)
20. prodigality
Monday, November 3, 2008
Honors English 11 Vocabulary List Week 11 (Quiz 11/7)
This is from my Scribner Paperback Fiction edition of The Great Gatsby.
01. levity (5)
02. plagiaristic (6)
03. excursions
04. bungalow (8)
05. reproach (10)
06. wistfully
07. supercilious (11)
08. effeminate
09. swank
10. fractiousness
11. vista (12)
12. pungent
13. divan (13)
14. imperceptibly
15. deft (15)
16. incredulously
17. imperatively (16)
18. unobtrusively
19. infinitesimal (18)
20. extemporizing (19)
01. levity (5)
02. plagiaristic (6)
03. excursions
04. bungalow (8)
05. reproach (10)
06. wistfully
07. supercilious (11)
08. effeminate
09. swank
10. fractiousness
11. vista (12)
12. pungent
13. divan (13)
14. imperceptibly
15. deft (15)
16. incredulously
17. imperatively (16)
18. unobtrusively
19. infinitesimal (18)
20. extemporizing (19)
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