Preshman Composition

Ms. Crutchfield

Our Tristed Llera Vocabulaty Shees

(p. # in Our Twisted Hero)

Presentiment (p. 15)

Noun, a feeling or belief that something is going to happen

(р. 31)

Verb, to make (someone) do something by using force or threats. USAGE NOTE: Add "into" + present participle:

*They coerced him into confessings."

Sycophant

(p. 35)

Noun, a person who praises powerful people in order to get their approval

Indictment

(p. 47)

Noun, an official written statement charging a person with a crime

Conviction

(p. 52)

Noun, the feeling of being sure that what you believe or say is true

Divulge

(p. 58)

Verb, to make (information) known: to give (information) to someone Infraction (p. 58)

Noun, an act that breaks a rule or law

Crony

(p. 58)

Noun, a friend of someone powerful (such as a politician) who is unfairly given special treatment

Conscientious

(p. 64)

Adj, concerned with doing something in the morally correct way

Usurp

(p. 70)

Verb, to take and keep (something, such as power) in a violent way without the right to do so

Inure

(p. 73)

Verb, to cause (someone) to be less sensitive to something unpleasant

Ardor

(p. 105)

Noun, a strong feeling of energy or cagerness

Nihilism

(p. 107)

Noun, the belief that traditional morals, ideas, beliefs, etc., have no worth or value

"A true nihilist would believe in nothing, have no loyalties, and no purpose" - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Allegory

Noun, a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or