English 12

Please finish reading "The Rocking Horse Winner" and answer questions 1-3 for Tuesday.

Here are your vocabulary words for the first week of our second set of 40 words:

1. profuse: abundant
2. interminable: never-ending
3. perfunctory: carried out with a minimum of reflection or thought
4. audacity: boldness, gall, nerve
5. derision: ridicule, scorn
6. tacit: agreement or understanding without words/silent agreement or silent understanding
7. torrid: very hot (in terms of temperature); very passionate
8. myriad: an indefinitely great number; numerous
9. petulant: childishly sulky; bad-tempered
10. tirade: a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation

Keep collecting vocabulary words.