Vocabulary List

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Vocabulary List 2
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Warm-up, 12/1

• List the 5 clues that the author uses to reveal a
  character with indirect characterization.
• Summarize what youve learned about Maggie and
  Dee so far in the short story Everyday Use
  (turn to page 77 to refresh your memory).
• Get out a sheet of paper and head it Vocabulary
  List 2

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• Dialogue
• Actions
• Characters thoughts and feelings
• Motivation or desire
• How other characters feel about or treat that
  character
• Appearance

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1. Attrition(uh TRISH un)

• The ATTRITION of the pencils once-sharp lead was
  inevitable after writing the 20-page paper.

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Noun

• a gradual reduction or weakening a rubbing away

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2. Edification (ed if i CAY shun)

• We would have been lost at the art show had the
  fine arts program failed our EDIFICATION.
• Our parents try to EDIFY us in moral behavior.

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Noun

• instruction enlightenment
• Verb Edify- to enlighten or instruct

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3. ablution(ah BLOO shun)

• The very sick old woman was healed after bathing
  in an ABLUTION provided by the priest.

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Noun

• a cleansing with water or other liquid,
  especially as a religious ritual the liquid used
  in such an act (so the definition refers to the
  noun a cleansing or the noun the liquid used
  in the cleansing.
• Adjective Ablutionary

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4. Elocution(el oh KYOO shun)

• Most colleges require students to take a course
  in ELOCUTION so that they may develop strong
  speaking habits for their jobs.

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Noun

• The art of public speaking
• Adjective elocutionary

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5. writhe(ryth)

• She WRITHED when she discovered that her dress
  had been tucked into her tights the whole time.
• The fish WRITHED on the cement after the
  fisherman removed it from the hook and prepared
  to scale it.

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Verb

• to cause to twist or bend to suffer acutely as
  in pain or embarrassment
• Noun writhing

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6. Pedestrian(peh DES tree ahn)

• Bright pillows and decor can spice up an
  otherwise PEDESTRIAN room.
• When traveling to other countries, one will
  notice that the travel is mostly PEDESTRIAN.

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Adjective

• ordinary moving on foot
• Noun Pedestrian--one who moves on foot

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7. Carrion(KAIR ee uhn)

• Most animals prey includes the CARRION of other
  dead animals.

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Noun

• dead and rotting flesh
• Adjective carrion

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8. Pinion( PIN yun)

• The school bully PINIONED his victim to the wall
  before the security guard could arrive.
• The sap from the tree PINIONED the wings of the
  insect, preventing it from flying.

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Verb and Noun

• Verb to bind or hold fast to ones habits
• to bind arms together
• to prevent a bird from flying by removing or
  disabling the pinion segment of its wing.
• Noun the wing of a bird a feather

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9. Kismet(KIZ met)

• People who believe in destiny consider KISMET the
  cause of everything that occurs.
• That we met on such a beautiful night and reached
  the point of marriage is our KISMET.

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NOUN

• Fate destiny

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10. Ambivalence(am BIV ah lents)

• Although the girl said yes, she had AMBIVALENT
  feelings towards her new boyfriend.
• The AMBIVALENCE in his head delayed him from
  accepting the job, leading someone else to snag
  it.

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Noun

• indecision experiencing contradictory emotions
• Adjective ambivalent
• Quiz next class!