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Vocabulary 15Vocabulary 1522ndnd Semester Semester

Vocabulary 15Vocabulary 1522ndnd Semester Semester

N. AustinN. AustinEnglish 11English 11

Inconsequential

Does inconsequential mean????

1. Not in numerical order2. Of little importance3. Believable sequence4. Significant

consequences

Livid Does livid

mean????1.Very colorful 2.Cheerful mood 3.Furious 4.Very happy

Odious Does odious mean???1. An unpleasant odor 2. Praiseworthy act 3. Desirous quality4. Hateful and

horrible

Pontificate Does pontificate

mean??????1. To speak

politically 2. To speak quietly3. To speak

pompously 4. To speak loudly

cruxDoes crux mean????1. The main point2. Trivia3. Nothingness 4. The exterior

emulateDoes emulate mean??1. To abandon 2. To retreat 3. To imitate 4. To be original

Lurid Does lurid mean???1. Graphic, gruesome2. Clean, modest 3. Lucid, vivid 4. Radiant, shining

Fealty Does fealty mean??1. Instability 2. Apathy 3. Skepticism 4. Loyalty

Garish Does garish mean??1. Excessively modest 2. Tastelessly showy 3. Somewhat cautious 4. Tastefully

completed

Scofflaw Does scofflaw

mean???1. A policeman or

policewoman2. The legal system3. Law named after

Matthew Scoff4. A contemptuous

law violator

The Three Musketeersby

Alexander Dumas

Set in the 17th century, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, inseparable friends who live by the motto "all for one, one for all,” a motto which is first put forth by d'Artagnan.

Cyrano de Bergeracby

Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac

is a play written in 1897. Hercule Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac,

a cadet (nobleman serving as a soldier) in the French Army, is a brash, strong-willed man of many talents. In addition to being a remarkable duelist, he is a gifted, joyful poet and is also shown to be a musician. However, he has an extremely large nose, which is the reason for his own self-doubt. This doubt prevents him from expressing his love for his distant cousin, the beautiful and intellectual heiress Roxane, as he believes that his ugliness denies him the "dream of being loved by even an ugly woman."

Treasure Islandby

Robert Louis StevensonTreasure Island is an

adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold.”The book opens in a seaside inn

named Admiral Benbow, where the protagonist, Jim Hawkins is writing down his experience about his voyage to Treasure Island.

Around the World in 80 Daysby

Jules VerneAround the World in Eighty

Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (equal to £1,324,289 today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.

Breakfast at Tiffany’sby

Truman Capote The novel opens in New York

during World War II. We're introduced to an unnamed narrator who moves into a brownstone apartment building in the city in order pursue his career as a writer. Shortly after moving into the apartment, he sees Holiday Golightly (she goes by Holly for most of the novel) for the first time late one night in the hall of the apartment building, but it takes a while before he actually meets her face-to-face.

And then one night his life changes entirely when Holly knocks on his bedroom window after she's been sitting out on the fire escape watching him.

Gephyrophobia

Fear of bridges

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