English 10 Period 5

Please complete the question sheet on "Lamb for the Slaughter" for Tuesday.  You can find a copy of the story at this link.  If you have not finished the vocabulary assignment, do so for Tuesday as well.  Remember, you must choose 10 of the following words and use them all in a cohesive paragraph.

Completed vocabulary list -- English 10, Period 5:

1. mahout:  an elephant-driver
2. fractious:  cranky; irritable
3. penitent:  feeling sorrow/guilt after committing a sin
4. epiphany:  a sudden realization of a life truth that changes the person in some way
5. constituency:  a district that elects its own representative to parliament
6. irreverent:  an attitude showing a lack of due respect
7. covenant:  a legal agreement/contract or a binding contract between man and God
8. ostentatious:  a pretentious (flashy) or vulgar display (usually of wealth)
9. conjure:  to make something appear by magic
10. eloquent:  fluency or persuasiveness in speech or writing
11. theanthropic:  possessing both god-like and human qualities; a god in a human form
12. umbrage: anger caused by being offended
13. acquiesce: to accept reluctantly; to give in
14. girn or gurn:  to make a grotesque face; to bare one's teeth in anger or dispair
15. abattoir: a slaughterhouse; where animals are slaughtered for food
16. earnest: sincere and intense conviction; not being distracted by things unrelated to a goal
17. pelagic:  of the sea
18. wamfle: to walk around in clothing that flaps about (this is a very archaic word)
19. agastopia: admiration of a particular part of another person's body
20. stasis:  inactivity because of being stuck between two balanced forces
21. innocuous:  harmless
22. trepidation:  fearfulness; anxiety
23. nonchalant:  unconcerned; elegantly casual
24. prosaic:  lacking imagination; ordinary
25. malevolent:  evil
26. benevolent:  kindly; good
27. amoral:  lacking a sense of morality (lacking a sense of right and wrong)
28. vex:  to frustrate; to annoy
29. candor:  honesty; frankness
30. arcane:  secret; obscure; known only by a few people
31. temperate:  moderate; restrained behaviour
32. aberration:  something which differs from the norm
33. morose:  gloomy; sullen
34. flummox:  to perplex or to be perplexed by
35. zenith:  the highest point
36. nadir:  the lowest point
37. maudlin:  foolishly or tearfully affectionate
38. censure:  to blame or criticize something or someone
39. transpire:  to occur; to happen
40. ambiguous:  open to more than one interpretation