Ray Bradbury - The Illustrated Man
The Veldt - african grassland
Nursery reacts to telepathic emanations - communication other than
senses/thoughts
they're insufferable - difficult to endure
nostalgia of the falling astronauts - longing for the past; homesick
NO WHITE clientele - customers
cured hypocricy - falseness; professing beliefs you do not practice
afflicted with a withered arm - inflicting with pain, suffering
can't go on hearsay - evidence based on reports of others
trying to bilk them - to trick; beguile
perpetual rain - lasting for eternity
molted the bushes - to shed the outer covering; making way for new growth
the pallid shore - pale, the pastey gangster
in the luminous night - emitting light
now he's on the tarmac - landing area or runway
always with a rapt attention - absorbed; engrossed
sin might appear as virtue - moral excellence
surrounded by a blue phosphorescence - persistent emission following exposure
to radiation OR emission of light with no burning or without heat
tempered justice with mercy - to bring to a desired consistency
This is logical. Good night. - valid reasoning
The Exiles - banished; excluded (the rocc)
Mrs. Fezziwig, with one vast substantial smile - ample; strong
It summoned us out of what? Death? - to call together
The flickering orb - sperical object
sat staring at the edges of the encroaching and uninhabited sea - advance
beyond proper limits
You get wildly philisophocal - love and pursuit of wisdom
Spell psychiatrist.
fireworks that ascended...- went up and blew up...sweet
an automatic gesture of this day and age - movement; sign
an affliction of the rusted ones - noun form of afflicted
It's a conspiracy against you. - perform a subversive attack together
each with his little cache of food - hiding place
his smile incredulous - filled with disbelief
arguments and ferocities still continued - examples of savageness
Satirical Attack!! - If you don't know satire by now, please keep chewing
your gum and watching TV...Only kidding. It is mocking anything.
the assignor scowled - one who makes an assignment
children cavorted - danced around; jerked
You're a heathen! - sinful person; doesn't want a fancy car
their derrieres incredible in girth - derrier is hiney; girth is size; bulk
his fevered ear rested firmly and irrevocably against her.. - impossible to
retract or revoke
marionette - puppet
obsidian walls - black, banded volcanic glass
unscathed from the city - unharmed
The children catapulted this way and that - jumped; bounded
no disgruntled ones - discontent
Give me a civil answer - in accordance to an organized society
All the little revelations and knowledges exploded in her - manifestation of
truth
ripping metal, melting it, pouring out usable ingots - mold for casting metal
the vague patch began to assemble itself...
POE VOCABULARY - We are using ONLY the words the average man may scribe...
THE RAVEN - "While I pondered weak and weary...
quaint - odd
lore - traditional knowledge
entreating - begging
bust - statue from chest up
dirges - funeral songs
melancholy - sad, gloomy
placid - calm
ebony - black
beguiling - tricking; charming
discourse - conversation
tempest - storm
undaunted - unharmed
pallid - pale
...Shall I be lifted, nevermore"
RED DEATH - "The Red Death had long devasted the country. No pestilence has
ever been so fatal or so hideous. But the Prince Prospero was wise and
dauntless and sagacious...
pestilence - disease
avatar - quality or symbol
sagacious - wise
countenance - facial expression
pervaded - spread
solemnly - sincer; somber
gaunt - skinny
robust - large
summoning - calling together
dominion - rule
cessation - a stop
phantasm - illusion or apparition
save - except
...the Red Death held domninion over all."
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO "A thousand insults of Fortunado I had borne as best
I could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge...
borne - to bear or endure
venture - to proceed
avenged - to take vengeance
preclude - keep from happening
impunity - without punishment
perceive - to become aware
immolation - killing or sacrifice
gait - how you move on foot; walk
repose - rest
mason - one who builds with stone, brick
fettered - chained
hearken - to listen
aperture - opening
catacombs - underground tunnels
...In pace requiescat."
ANIMAL FARM, PSAT, and BIG RED BARN
spelling: hoe, bray, weather vane, receive, ration
sloth (n) apathy, laziness
abolish (v) to do away with
blithely (adv) carefree; casual "The pigs walked blithely into the yard."
gluttony (n) in excess
satire (n) mocking or ridiculing society
allegory (n) an abstract representation
orator (n) speaker
toil (n) work
procure (v) to obtain
rhetoric (n) the art of language
dole (v) to ration or give out
shrewd (adj) clever or sly
fortnight (n) two weeks
encsconce (v) to conceal
euphemism (n) soothing language
emboldened (v) to encourage "Emboldened by the success of the windmill, the
animals worked until dawn."
indignant (adj) righteous anger
contemptuously (adv) without respect
pension (n) fixed income after retirement
posthumous (adj) happening after death
incumbent (n) the one currenly in power
breach (v) to break or violate
draconian (adj) severe; harsh
bureaucracy (N) government characterized by specialization of functions,
adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy of authority
3 : a system of administration marked by officialism and red tape
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"Into Thin Air"
cognizant (adj) - aware
compulsively (adv) in obedience to an irrisistible impulse
escalate (V) to increase intensity
hindsight (n) knowledge of events after they have occurred
initiative (n) the will or power to begin a task
meander (v) follow a winding path
obscuring (adj)concealing
obstinacy (n) stubborneness
supplemental (adj) extra; additional
pugnacious (adj) aggressive and tough
impeded (v) hampered
interia (n) the tendency of an object at rest to stay at rest
intermittenly (adv) occasionally
spelling: souvenier, gauge, rappel, fahrenheit, descend
"The Most Dangerous Game"
affable (adj) friendly, likeable
elude (v) to escape or evade
solicitous (adj) with concern
zealous (adj) passionate
droll (adj) odd
tangible (adj) able to be touched or felt
opaqueness (n) darkness
stamina (n) endurance
imperative (adj) urgent, important
disarming (adj) removing suspision
condone (v) to overlook
uncanny (adj) almost supernatural
scruple (n) doubt based on beliefs
deplorable (adj) regretable
amenity (n) something adding convenience
quarry (n) prey or object of a hunt
cosmopolitan (adj) worldly, aristocratic
precarious (adj) unsteady
spelling: yacht, gargoyle, bough
fray (n) a fight
nirvana (n) oblivious from pain or worry
sublime (adj) elevated in thought or language
incubus (n) an evil spirit visiting in the night
paramour (n) one you are in love with
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