Warm Up 12/11

BLASPHEMY: The act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; Profane talk.

SYNONYMS: Curse, Swearing ANTONYMS: Polite, Religious 

EXAMPLE: To say that a man is precisely what God has made him be is completely blasphemy.

Warm Up 12/9

TERSE: Sparing in the use of words; abrupt
SYNONYMS: Brief, Short ANTONYMS: Long, Continuous
EXAMPLE: I could tell by the terse speech that something was wrong with Tommy at the award ceremony tonight.

Warm Up 12/8

ABDOMEN: The part of the body of a vertebrate containing the digestive organs; the belly. In humans and other mammals, it is bounded by the diaphragm and the pelvis.
SYNONYMS: Stomach, Belly ANTONYMS: Arm, Leg
EXAMPLE: Kelly was having severe pains in her abdomen, so we went to the emergency room.

Warm Up 12/4

ASCRIBE: Attribute something to (a cause).

SYNONYMS: Assign to, Credit to ANTONYMS: Diminish, assist

EXAMPLE: He ascribed Billy's short temper to his massive migraine.

Warm Up 12/3

EMBROIL: Involve (someone) deeply into an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.
SYNONYMS: Entangle, Enmesh ANTONYMS: Dis-embarrass, disentangle
EXAMPLE: THey never understood one another, and never consulted together in hours of danger, save to embroil matter in politics as in war.

Warm Up 12/2

NULLIFY: Make legally void and null.
SYNONYMS: Invalidate, Void ANTONYMS: Valid, Useful
EXAMPLE: The people want to nullify that bill, seeing how it would cause trouble to most of them.

Warm Up 12/1

METE: Dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment.
SYNONYMS: Allot, Allocate ANTONYMS: Hold, Keep
EXAMPLE: The king would sit to mete out justice, for he murdered a man.

Warm Up 11/30

CAVALIER: Showing lack of concern; offhand.

SYNONYMS: Casual, Unconcerned ANTONYMS: Concerned, Caring
EXAMPLE: She acted as if she was cavalier, but she really was concerned about Zach after his accident.

Warm Up 11/20

1. Going shopping! - I love shopping and being able to get a lot for cheap is the best thing ever!
2. Not just an american holiday! - I did not know that Canada celebrates thanksgiving? That's pretty cool.
3. Doomed from birth! - Turkey's less than 12 weeks old are called fryer-roaster. That's crazy! Why would someone do that to those poor turkey's??

Warm Up 11/19

Dramatic Irony: Irony is inherit in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

Situational Irony: When incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens.

Warm Up 11/18

KISMET: Destiny; Fate
SYNONYMS: Chance, Luck ANTONYMS: Whole, Undetermined
EXAMPLE: 

Warm UP 11/16

INADVERTENT: Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.
SYNONYMS: Accidental, Unintentional ANTONYMS: Intentional, Intended
EXAMPLE: His feelings towards her were very inadvertent. 

Warm Up 11/17

AMBIVALENT: Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
SYNONYMS: Uncertain, Unsure ANTONYMS: Unequivocal, Certain
EXAMPLE: Her feelings towards her boyfriend are still ambivalent. 

Warm Up 11/13

WANTON:  (Of a cruel or violent action) Deliberate and unprovoked.

SYNONYMS: Spiteful, Wicked ANTONYMS: Justifiable, Fair

EXAMPLE: His one act of wanton devastation, the clearing of the forest, has been exaggerated.

Warm UP 11/11 (I was absent)

PEDESTRIAN:  A person walking across a road or in a developed area.

SYNONYMS:  Walker, Person on foot ANTONYMS: Driver, Biker

EXAMPLE: After looking both ways, to be sure it was clear, the pedestrian casually walked across the street to the coffee shop.

Warm Up 11/12

CARRION: The decaying flesh of dead animals.
SYNONYMS: Body, Corpse ANTONYMS: Growing, Ripening
EXAMPLE: The creatures feed chiefly on carrion, and thus perform useful service by devouring remains which pollute the air.

Warm Up 11/10

WRITHE: Make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.

SYNONYMS:  Wiggle, Thrash ANTONYMS: Straighten, Still
EXAMPLE: She did not writhe in pain, nor snarl, nor foam at the mouth,

Warm Up 11/5

• minimus (human anatomy): The little finger or toe
• aglet: The end of a shoe lace.
• griffonage: Careless hand writing
• tines: A prong or sharp point
• natiform: Resembling the buttocks
• glabella: The smooth part of the forehead above and between the eye brows.
• rasceta: Transverse creases of the skin on the palmar surface of the wrist.
• lunule: A crescent-shaped or oval part or marking, in particular.
• philtrum: A vertical groove between the base of the nose and the border of the upper lip.
• obelus: A symbol used as a reference mark in printed matter, or to indicate that a person is deceased.

Warm Up 11/3

Mentor Sentence - You can pick your friends, but you're stuck with your family.
Student Sentence - He says

Mentor Sentence - He could be courteous and helpful on the surface, but you neven knew what was going on underneath.
Student Sentence -

Mentor Sentence - Every day was a happy day and every night was peaceful.
Student Sentence -

Canterbury Tales - Prologue Vocabulary

COURTLINESS: Suitable for a royal court

SYNONYMS: Courage, Courtesy ANTONYMS: Gracelessness, Inelegant 

EXAMPLE: Before his time instrumental musics' melody often sacrificed vitality of idea to ceremonial courtliness of phrase.

SEDATELY: Keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace.

SYNONYMS: Calmly, Serenely ANTONYMS: Fast, Exciting

EXAMPLE: They applauded sedately after her performance at the House of Blues.

PERSONABLE: (of a person) having a pleasant appearance and manner.
SYNONYMS: Pleasant, Likable ANTONYMS: Unattractive, Unpleasant
EXAMPLE: She's a personable young lady with the intentions of attending college at Harvard.

ACCRUE: (of sums of money or benefits) be received by someone in regular or increasing amounts over time.
SYNONYMS: Grow, Increase ANTONYMS: Decrease, Disperse
EXAMPLE: The advantages that might accrue from the wider distribution of cotton-growing are mainly fourfold.

Malady: A disease or ailment
SYNONYMS: Illness, Sickness ANTONYMS: Health, Comfort
EXAMPLE: The only mode of combating the malady seems to be to uproot plants and burn them.

ENTREATY:
SYNONYMS: Appeal, Petition ANTONYMS: Answer, Demand
EXAMPLE; His face expressed entreaty and agitation.

SAT Question Of The Day

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E. 

The results of the study Aindicate that the new drug is Bboth safer and more effective than Cwaspreviously Dassumed.   ENo error

The answer to this SAT Question Of The Day is E-No error.

Warm Up 10/30

Elocution: The skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.

SYNONYMS: Pronunciation, Articulation ANTONYMS: Mumble, Quiet
EXAMPLE: With a patience foreign to his impulsive nature, he submitted to minute drill in elocution, and became a fluent speaker.

Warm Up 10/28

EDIFICATION:  The improvement of a person morally or intellectually 

SYNONYMS: Education, Instruction ANTONYMS: Worsening, Destruction

EXAMPLE: At first any writing was felt to be used for edification was read in this way, especially if it had local associations.

Warm Up 10/19

ABLUTION:  The act of washing oneself (often used for humorously formal effect).

SYNONYMS: Bath, Cleansing ANTONYMS: Dirtying, Filthy

EXAMPLE: Daily morning ablution not only cleanses our body, but also keeps us active throughout the day.

Warm Up 10/27

ATTRITION: The action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure.

SYNONYMS: Friction, Abrasion ANTONYMS: Building, Strengthening

EXAMPLES:  It shows no trace of grinding lines or attrition, nor yet of the blows of a hammer.

Canterbury Tales Pre-Reading Activity

1. "Greed is the root of all evil." - I rated this statement as 1, always true. I believe this is always true because when somebody wants something, they will do anything to get it. That includes hurting everyone or everything around them.
2. "Power corrupts everyone who has it." -I rated this statement as a 2, sometimes true. This is because some people have never had money before, so when they get it, they start acting like they are better than everyone else. But sometimes when you might be more humble about your money and spend it wisely, instead of spending it on unnecessary things, just to make yourself look better.
3. "Dreams are often predictors of the future."-I rated this statement as a 2, sometimes true. I think this is sometimes true because if someone makes a dream in their head, they're strongly wanting to do it. If they actually go through with their, so-called, dreams, then it will become their future.
4. "No one understands morality better than the immoral."-I rated this statement as a 5. This is because the immoral doesn't do what is right because they were never taught it. If they were able to understand morality, they wouldn't act immorally. 
5. "The more educated you are, the better a person you are." - I rate this statement as a 2. This is because the more educated you are, the more you have been taught how to behave. The more education you have had, you have a better understanding of what is right or wrong. But at the same time, if you're uneducated, you still have feelings and you understand that others have feelings, too. So, sometimes they treat everyone equal because, they want to be treated equal.
6. "Society must be divided into classes in order to function properly." -I rate this statement as a 5. The reason behind this is because i, personally, believe that if we were all put into one class and were equal with everything, then society would function better. In a society where everyone is divided, then you have to worry about different types of people and you would have to think of ways to please everyone. Also, everyone would think differently of themselves. Like, upper classes would be stuck up and think they are better than everyone else, and lower class would think of themselves as nothing, because that is how they each would be treated.
7. "Turning the other cheek is the best response to cruelty." -I rate this statement as a 3. I'm not quite sure if i agree or disagree with this. It would all just depend on the situations, because every situation is very different. If you turn the other cheek, the cruelty will probably just follow you and get worse. If you something cruel to them back, you take the chance of getting in trouble also.
8. "When an agreement is made, it must be honored - no matter what." -I rate this statement as a 4. That's because some arguments it's just best to ignore because they are so unnecessary. You need to pick your battles wisely, that way you're not always arguing with people.
9. "Women should have all the power in a relationship." -I rate this statement as a 5. This is because relationships are a two-way street. They should be a partnership, you should have equal power in the relationship and make decisions together. In a relationship, i believe you need to be best friends and significant others, that way you know how to work everything out.

Warm Up 10/26

PIOUS: Devoutly religious

SYNONYMS: Sanctimonious, hypocritical ANTONYMS: Irreligious, Atheistic

EXAMPLE: The government counted many members among the pious men in America.

Warm Up 10/22

GREGARIOUS: (Of a person) fond of company; sociable

SYNONYMS: Outgoing, Friendly ANTONYMS: Unsociable, Unfriendly

EXAMPLE: Dolphins are gregarious, and large herds often follow ships.

Warm Up 10/21

ONEROUS: Involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.

SYNONYMS: Difficult, Hard ANTONYMS: Effortless, Easy

EXAMPLE: The king was holding a very onerous position.

Warm Up 10/20

SPURIOUS:  Not being what it purports to be

SYNONYMS: False, Fake ANTONYMS: Genuine, True

EXAMPLE: The teacher made a spurious remark about my "attitude."

Warm Up 10/19

 ABROGATE: Repeal, or do away with

SYNONYMS: Repeal, Revoke ANTONYMS: Institute, Introduce

EXAMPLE: You can't abrogate anyone's right to freedom of religion.

Warm Up 10/8

VORACIOUS: Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.

SYNONYMS: Uncontrollable, unappeasable ANTONYMS: Full, satisfied

EXAMPLE: The sharks that swim throughout the ocean are voracious.

Warm Up 10/6

TENACIOUS: Tending to keep a firm hold of something

SYNONYMS: clinging, tight ANTONYMS: weak, loose

EXAMPLE: All attempts to persuade him failed because of his tenacious will.

Warm Up 10/7

SURREPTITIOUS: sneaky

SYNONYMS: secret, secretive ANTONYMS: honest, open

EXAMPLE: She finished her homework in a surreptitious manner.

Warm up 10/5

COPIOUS: Abundant in supply and quantity

SYNONYMS: Ample, Extensive ANTONYMS: Lacking, Needy

EXAMPLE: I have copious kittens, would you like one?

Warm Up 10/1

• sens-, -sent- to feel (sentimental, sensitive, and sensible)

• tele- distance (telephoto, telescope, and television) 

• terr- earth (extraterrestrial, Mediterranean, and terrace)

• vac- empty, unoccupied (vacuum, evacuate, and curvacious)

• vid-, -vis- to see (visual, visage, and visor)

Warm Up 9/29

EPIC POEM: A long poem that tells the adventures of a great hero.

EPIC HERO: Noble birth or high social position

KENNING: A metaphorical phrase or compound used to name a person, place, or thing indirectly.

CAESURA: Often the verse line is divided into 2 halves, separated by a rhythmical pause.

ALLITERATION: Repetition of initial consonant in words close to another in lines of poetry.

Warm Up 9/25

"The Flame That Burns Twice As Bright, Burns Half As Long" -Lao Tzu

I feel like this quote is talking about rushing into something because you want it so bad, but end up not enjoying it as much as you thought you would. One thing i like about this quote is the fact that it is really true. It's such a rough feeling to want something that badly, but not even enjoy it in the end. Like, for example, relationships. Sometimes, you want someone so much and work intensely to get this person, but then they end up not being who they thought they were. They end up being a monster. That's what this quote reminds me of.

Warm Up 9/24

-photo- (G)	light	photograph, photographer, astrophotograph
-port- (L)	carry	export, aport, portion
-qui(t)- (L)	quiet, rest	acquit, exquisite, acquit
-scrib-, -script- (L)	write	ascribe, describe, prescribe

Warm Up 9/23

-omni- all (ex. omnibuses, omnificent, omnific, ect.)
-path- feeling or disease (ex. pathetic, pathetical, pathological, ect.)
-phil- love (ex. philology, philomel, philosophic, ect.)
-phon- sound (ex. phonology, phonologic, phonon)

Warm Up 9/22

JUR/JUS- swear (ex. jurally, jurat, jurel, ect.)

LOG/LOGUE- word (ex. logbook, logical, logo, ect.)

LUC- light (ex. lucarnes, lucern, lucently, ect.)

MAN/MANU- hand (ex. manufacture, manual, manuary, ect.)

MAND/MEND- to make or fix (ex. mendable, menders, mendicant, ect.)

Warm Up 9/18

DICT- Say (Ex. Dictionary, Dictator, Diction)

GEN- Birth or kind (Ex. General, Genuine, Gender)

GEO: Earth (Ex. Geology, Geographic, Geodetic)

Warm UP 9/17

BENE- a combining form occurring in loanwords, from Latin, meaning "well." (ex. beneficial, Benedict, ect.) 

BIO- a combining form meaning "life." (ex. biodegradable, biodiversity, ect.)

CHRONO- a combining form meaning "time." (ex. chronological, chronometer, ect.)

About Me

Hi, my name is Emilee Day and I am a senior in High school. After high school, i will be moving out of my parents house because they want me to learn how to live on my own. I've wanted to be a nurse since i was seven years old, so i plan on attending college and becoming a labor and delivery nurse.