English+II+-+E

Instructions

Find 2 words that you think are significant to understanding the story. Put your initials in front, write the word, and then write down the sentence in which the quote appears, followed by the correct citation format. I have put down an example.

Finally, on the second line, provide everyone with the definition. Use the Merriam-Webster dictionary online, [|www.m-w.com], which has an audio link to the word, to hear its pronunciation. If there are more than one possible definitions, choose the one that is most appropriate to the context.

= Week 4 - Greek Myths III =

1. NM: caprice- "...their **caprice**, his law (Evslin 134)." Def: a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action

2. NM: merit- "...how to reward you according to your merit (Evslin 135)." Def: a praiseworthy quality

3.JC: marvelous--He became very fond of girls and made them marvelous jointed wooden dolls with spring cunningly set and coiled so that they curtsied and danced and winked their eyes. Def:extremely good or enjoyable

4. JC:gull--Icarus yelled back a wordless shout of joy, beat his wings, and soared up, up toward the floating gull. Def:a kind of long-winged web-footed aquatic birds

5. BH- Devour "...They thought that their daughter was intended for some monster, who would devour her as many other princesses has been..." (Evslin 94) Def: To use or destroy as if by eating.

6. BH- Frisking "... The other dolphins frisking about, dancing on the water as Arion played. (Evslin 104) Def: to leap, skip, or dance in a lively or playful way.

7. Hu-hurtle"He opened his eyes to see the white body of his son hurtling down. Def: to move very fast in a particular direction.

8. Hu-coaxing"The queen kept coaxing Deadalus to tell her why he had really left Athens for she sensed a secret.

9. YC: obedience-" The gods, being powerful, needed a more subtle praise obedience." Def: compliance with an order, request or law.

10. YC: suspicion-"but he was the target of the darkest suspicions, which, curiously enough, he took as an affront..." Def: a feeling that someone has done sth wrong, illegal or dishonest

11. YI: stretch to make something bigger or looser by pulling it, or to become bigger or looser as a result of being pulled :

12.YI: stalk a long narrow part of a plant that supports leaves, fruits, or flowers

13. JR: Wearied: "Wearied by the dread, Midas slept past sunrise." Evslin 192 Def: physically or mentally exhausted by hard work.

14. JR: dwindle : "...he had already dwindled and was a splinter of light..." Def: to become smaller and smaller.

15. TK: inkblot: "Again he saw the pencilstroke of mountains, the inkblot of seas." (Evslin 71)

Def: an abstract patch of ink.

16. TK: pencilstroke: "Again he saw the pencilstroke of mountains, the inkblot of seas." (Evslin 71)

Def: a sketch or abstract pencil drawing; looking as if it were pencil drawn.

=__**Week 3 - More Greek Myths**__=

1. KY: 2. Hu: stained: When Epimetheus came home that night, her hair was wild and her hands were bloody, her tunic tron and **stained**. Def: covered with stains or marked with a stain. 3. Hu: tiptoed: She arose quietly and **tiptoed** from the room Def: to walk using the front parts of your feet only, so that no one can hear you.

4. NM: beset- "They were the ills that **beset** mankind (Evslin 62)." Def: to attack on all sides

5. NM: dawdle- "Making excuses to **dawdle** there (Evslin 61)." Def: to waste time

6:JC rage--Zeus was full of rage. Def:violent and uncontrolled anger

7: JC:shriek--It shriek and spat and clawed her hand. to utter a sharp shrill sound

8.YC:penalty-"...that every gift brings a penalty" Def: a punishment for breaking a law

9.YC:abide-"this is the way the fates weave destiny- by which gods also must abide." Def: accept or act in accordance with(a rule, decision, or recommendation)

10. JR: haughtily- "Twelve gods?" said Apollo haughtily... Def: Scornfully and condescendingly proud.

11. JR: potent- "His potent power was unstoppable." def: to have great power

12. NM: appallingly- "Taller than any man, and **appallingly** beautiful (Evslin 67)." Def: causing dismay or horror

13. NM: disheveled- "Her hair was **disheveled** (Evslin 77)," Def: untidy

14. JC:cudgel--which had always liked to cudgel poets? to beat with or as if with a cudgel (a short heavy club)

15 JC:armor--He saw sentries in flashing golden armor, carrying golden spears. defensive covering for the body

16. YI:hesitate to pause before saying or doing something because you are nervous or not sure : Kay hesitated for a moment and then said 'yes'.

17. YI:cinder a very small piece of burnt wood, coal etc :a cold hearth full of cinders The cake was (= completely burnt ). . 18. Hu: shovel a tool with long handle and a broad with curved edges.

19.Hu: gossip informal talk or stories about other people's private lives.

20. TK: zodiac: "And it was then, at this hour, that Apollo sat on his throne, wearing a purple cloak embroidered with the golden signs of the zodiac." (Evslin 66) Def: an imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets. It contains twelve constellations and hence twelve divisions called signs of the zodiac. Each division, however, because of the precession of the equinoxes, now contains the constellation west of the one from which it took its name.

21. TK: amber: "Here they still stand on the shore of the river, weeping tears of amber sap." (Evslin 73) Def: a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator, used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles. a hard orange-yellow substance that can be polished and used for jewelry and other decorations

22. YC: resemblance-"I seem to see a resemblance." Def: similarity, something in common =__**Week 2 - Greek Myths**__=

1. KY: quarrel: "When hero confronts monster in these myths it is apt to be a family **quarrel**" (Evslin ix). Def: " a ground of dispute or complaint (MW)."

2. NM: intriguers- "She was the queen of the **intriguers**... (Evslin 6)". Def: to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate

3. NM: wedlock- "The rest of Zeus's children were born out of **wedlock** (Evslin 7)". Def: the state of marriage; matrimony

4. TK: pagan- "This **pagan** religion has influenced all the religions that came after (Evslin x)". Def: a follower of a polytheistic religion

5. TK: beget- "You murder me now and steal my throne—but one of your own sons will dethrone you, for crime begets crime (Evslin 3)". Def: to procreate as a father

6. yi :enchantment- the quality of being very pleasant or attractive :he enchantment of poetry

7. yi:mock- to laugh at someone or something and try to make them look stupid by saying unkind things about them or by copying them

8. JC : ambush-"Halfway up the slope of Olympus, he whistled for his cousins, the hundred-handed Ones, who had been lying in ambush." to attack from an ambush

9. JC: chariot-"Hephaestus, the smith-god, forger of weapons; and Eris, goddess of discord, who shrieks beside Ares in his battle chariot" a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle car of ancient times used also in processions and races

10. YC: apt-"when hero confronts monster n these myths it is apt to be a family quarrel." def: appropriate or suitable in the circumstances

11. YC: intrigue-"She is the queen of intriguers." def: conspirator, people who make secret plans to do sth. illicit or detrimental to someone.

12. BH: Pantheon- "Three of them entered the Pantheon." def: A temple dedicated to all gods.

13. BH: Loom- "Her loom was as large as Arachne's cottage." def: A machine or frame that connect thread and yarn to form cloth.

14. NM: distaff- "Than I, who invented the loom, the **distaff**,... (Evslin 11)." Def: a staff with a cleft end for holding wool, flax, etc., from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand

15. NM: mare- "Demeter turned herself into a ** mare ** to escape Poseidon (Evslin 18)." Def: a fully mature female horse or other equine animal

16. yi -concocted to invent a clever story, excuse, or plan, especially in order to deceive someone : John concocted elaborate excuse for being late.

17.yi - anvil a heavy iron block on which pieces of hot metal are shaped using a hammer

18. JC-prophecy "The prophecy came true" a prediction of something to come

19. JC-throne "He immediately set about building a huge underwater palace with a great pearl and coral throne." the chair of state of a sovereign or high dignitary (as a bishop) 20. Hu- lullaby "she took a rock and wrapped it in swaddling clothes and held it to her breast, humming a **lullaby**." 21.Hu-enraged "He angered her by his infidelities; she **enraged** him with her suspicions."

22. JJ: Counterpane: "... she spun a **counterpane** for their bed." (Evslin 12) Def: "A quilt for a bed."

23. JJ: Spindle: "...poking her long **spindle** among the woven clouds..." Def: "A rounded wooden rod, tapered at each end used in hand spinning to twist the fibers."

24. YC-frantic"Demeter was frantic when the girl didn't come home." def:behave in a wild and desperate way because of being frightened or worried.

25. YC-mighty"She set herself and gave a mighty hug." def:very strong and powerful

26. JR: haughtily- "Twelve gods?" said Apollo haughtily... Def: Scornfully and condescendingly proud. 27. JR:

=__**Week 1 - Brave New World**__=

example:

1. KY: conditioning - "The Central London Hatchery and **Conditioning** Centre (Huxley 1)." Def: **"**a simple form of learning involving the formation, strengthening, or weakening of an association between a stimulus and a response (MW)."

2. KY: mesa - "The **mesa** was like a ship becalmed in a strait of lion-coloured dust (Huxley 107)." Def: "an isolated relatively flat-topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau (MW)."

3. IC: abject - " A troop of newly arrived students, very young, pink and callow, followed nervously, rather **abject**ly, at the Director's heels." (Huxley 4) Def: "sunk to or existing in a low state or condition (MW)."

4. IC: maudlin - " 'I always think,' the Director was continuing in the same rather **maudlin** tone, when he was interrupted by a loud boo-hooing." (Huxley 31) Def: "weakly and effusively sentimental (MW)."

5.BB: Perplexed- '....stareing at th eyoung man in **perplexed** astonishment' Stubbonly (Huxley 139) Def: 'Filled with uncertainty' MW

6. BB Benevolently- 'The flush studdenly deepened; he was thinking of Lenina, of an angel in a greem bottle viscose, lustrous with youth and skin food, pump, **benevolently** smiling.' Def: marked by or disposed to doing goo

7.AX: illiterate-"John was illiterate and was unable to fill out his income tax." Def: having little or no education; //especially// **:** unable to read or write 

8.AX: refraction-"When you look at a stick inserted in water, it looks bent because of the refraction of the light by the water." Def: deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (as air) into another (as glass) in which its velocity is different.

9. NM: anecdote- " 'I really don't know why I bored you with this trivial **anecdote** (Huxley 97).' " Def: a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature

10. NM: inexorably- "But the whip fell and fell **inexorably** (Huxley 115)." Def: unyielding; unalterable

11. HY: surrogate-"Made them taste rich blood **surrogate** on which it fed."(Brave new world) Def: one appointed to act in place of another (m-w.com)

12. HY:malignant-"the look in his eyes was now frankly malignant." (Brave new world) Def: evil in nature, influence, or effect(m-w.com)

13. BH: The radio: Viviparous("For you must remember that in those days of gross viviparous reproduction,..." Def: Producing living young instead of from eggs within the body.

14. BH: Bernard: Sterilization: "Yes, and civilization and sterilization." Def: To free from living organisms; to become sterile; to be clean.

15. BB: Pneumatic. But she really was too **pneumatic** (Huxley 80) Def: BEing well proportioned. MW

15. BB: Averted. Franny remained speechless and **averted** (Huxley 49) Def: to be turned away