Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Happy Birthday, Henry!

Today in class you answered two SAT QODs.  We also learned that the plural of "analysis" is "analyses."

You also received a vocabulary sheet, which is due tomorrow, and which is copied below:


New Vocabulary!  At Long Last! (List #4)

 

WORD
DEFINITION
P.O.S.
Inaudible
 
 
 
Cower
 
 
 
Din
 
 
 
Taut
 
 
 
Writhe
 
 
 
Impregnable
 
 
 
Ominous
 
 
 
Surly
 
 
 
Spent (adj.)
 
 
 
Unscathed
 
 
 
Flail
 
 
 
Truncheon
 
 
 
Plaintive
 
 
 
Incredulous
 
 
 
Brandish
 
 
 
Contrite, contrition
 
 
 
Impassive
 
 
 
Dispassionate
 
 
 
Gape, gaping
 
 
 
Oblivious
 
 
 
Semblance
 
 
 
Indelible
 
 
 
Incessant
 
 
 
Pittance
 
 
 
Precipitous
 
 
 
Precarious
 
 
 
Innate
 
 
 
Congenital
 
 
 
Deviance, deviant
 
 
 
Sporadic
 
 
 
Wreak
 
 
 
Fulcrum
 
 
 
Curry (verb)
 
 
 
Nemesis
 
 
 
Emaciated
 
 
 
Lethargic
 
 
 
Tenacity, tenacious
 
 
 
Commensurate
 
 
 
Portent, portend
 
 
 
Harbinger
 
 
 
Vigil, vigilant, vigilante
 
 
 
Inexorable
 
 
 
Sumptuous
 
 
 


You also submitted your "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and took a quote quiz on this article.

Finally, we read and discussed David Brooks's "The Real Mitt," the link to which is copied below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/opinion/brooks-the-real-romney.html?_r=0

See you tomorrow!

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