English vocab

Section 1 (vocab)

  • Apothegms- ​​ (SYN) Uncle Willy is fond of guiding his nieces and nephews with colorful apothegms.

sayings

  • Aspersions- (ANT) Rosa claimed she didn’t mean to cast aspersions when she described Russ’s music as tedious and predictable.

compliments

  • Valedictory- (SYN) Greg worked hard all year, hoping to be the graduate chosen to give the valedictory.

farewell

  • encomium- (ANT) The editor published a heartfelt encomium for the work of the Red Cross on the organization’s centennial.

condemnation

  • Excoriate- (SYN) Robert rushed home from school, knowing his mother would excoriate him if his room was still a mess by the time she got home from work.

berate

  • Grisly- (ANT) His uncle’s grisly war stories gave Patrick nightmares.

Pleasant

  • Aegis- (SYN) Many Italian artists worked under the aegis of the powerful Borgia family.

sponsorship

  • Epiphany- (ANT) While studying for her pre-med finals, LaTasha had an epiphany that her true calling was the law

suspicion

  • Derided- (SYN) His friends derided Eduardo for sacrificing his weekend to study for an exam that was still two weeks away.

ridiculed

  • Bereft- (ANT) Though it was supposed to be a political satire, local critics dismissed the experimental drama as being bereft of social conscience.

packed

  • Autocrat- (SYN) Josef Stalin, premier of the Soviet Union from 1941 until 1953, was a powerful autocrat who dealt harshly with anyone who opposed him.

tyrant

  • Notoriety- (ANT) Being the granddaughter of a Wild West train robber gave Annie a notoriety that she would have happily done without.

anonymity

  • Chattels- (SYN) After taking his exams, Diego loaded all his chattels into his truck and headed home for summer vacation.

property

  • Sequestered- (SYN) We sequestered ourselves all weekend to meet the Monday deadline.

secluded

  • Arbiter- (SYN) Pam enjoyed her office role as the arbiter of grammatical correctness.

judge

  • Concomitant- (ANT) Scientists believe there is a correlation between recent increases in average annual temperatures and the concomitant shrinkage of the polar ice caps.

unrelated

  • Buttressed- (SYN) Ross buttressed his argument that he deserved a promotion by charting sales increases in the years since he was first hired.

strengthened

  • Abeyance- (ANT) Summer classes were in abeyance while the school’s boiler was brought up to code.

use

  • Concurrent- (SYN) The actress could not choose between the prestigious Broadway part and her regular television role, so she opted to appear in both of the concurrent productions.

simultaneous

  • Altruism- (ANT) Though the same could not necessarily be said of his business practices, Andrew Carnegie’s private altruism was legendary.

selfishness

  • Amity (SNY) Organizers were surprised at the amity with which former rivals worked when trying to achieve a common goal.

friendship

  • Animadversions- (ANT) Jenna grew weary of Beth’s constant animadversions and wished she would focus her energy on constructive comments.

compliments

  • Attenuate- (SYN) Covering her mouth and nose with a scarf, Lori tried to attenuate the harshness of the bitter cold air.

decrease

  • Disinterred- (ANT) Rumors that his death was faked circulated for a century before the family allowed his body to be disinterred and proven to be that of Jesse James.

buried

  • Appease- (SYN) Her sister suggested that flowers might appease Tomiko’s anger.

pacify

  • Upbraided- (ANT) Brandy upbraided Michele for her selfishness.

praised

  • Canon- (SYN) Though some doubted their authenticity, scholars have verified Mark Twain’s lost writings and included them in his canon.

catalog

  • Insensate- (SYN) During surgery, the patient will be insensate.

unaware

  • Insensate- (ANT) After staying awake all night studying, Morris was insensate when the time came to take the test.

aware

  • Careened- (SYN) Hal was not convinced he needed new tires until his car careened off a wet road.

Swerved

  • Careened- (SYN) The small sailboat careened in the rough sea.

leaned

  • Recondurate- (syn) obscure

Section 2 (the road, old man and the sea)

THE ROAD

  • What did they carry their belongings in - shopping cart/ sack

  • What did the father always have along with him- a gun

  • What is the only thing that stood between him and death- the boy

  • Why is it unsafe to be around the waterfall- a popular safe place or something like that

  • What happened to the wifes pic- The man left it either on the road or in the woods

  • What did the guy on the road say he was going to do

  • What did the father do to him- shot him in the head

  • (what did the boy need to be washed out of his hair) - brains

  • What was in the rear of the house that the boy saw

  • After 5 days they came upon the house, inside they saw something. What did they do

  • Father's stomach became bloated bc of all the water he drank

  • When the father came upon the door on the floor, why did the boy try to stop him

  • What was the old man’s fake name

  • What did the old man mean when he said that things are better when everyone is gone?

  • They got to the beach, what color was the sand

  • What was laying out in the tidal flaps- abandoned ship

  • What did the father find from the scavenged ship- flare gun

  • What was the bravest thing the father said he had ever done

  • How did the book end father died and the boy got adopted into a new fam

Old man and the sea

  • What is the old man's name

  • Where does it take place

  • What sport did the old man like- baseball

  • What did the old man dream of every night

  • How does the old man feel ab what he does

  • (sum ab the best description of the man)

  • What does he always wish for on the boat

  • How long does he stay out on the boat

  • How does he feel about food

  • How much water did he take with him

  • What did the old man find in the belly of the dolphin

  • What was the old man the champion of in his youth- arm wrestling

  • What happened to his left hand- got cramped

  • How far out to sea did he go to catch the fish

  • He repeatedly describes the big fish as…

  • Does he ever waver in his resolve to conquer this fish- nah

  • What happened to the old man in the worst part of the fishing trip

  • What does the boy tell the old man when he wakes up

  • What happened to the fish after he caught it

  • How did the boy explain why he wants to fish with the old man again

  • Who takes care of the other one more in the story, the boy or the old man

  • What narrative was the book told from (POV)

  • Which best describes the writing style (MCQ)