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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