English 12

For homework do questions 1-6 on "The Destructors"

Here are the 40 class vocabulary words for Vocabulary Test 2:

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
11. blarney: flattery
12. rhetoric:  effective use of language (speaking/writing); often this word is used to indicate that the message lacks sincerity or meaningful content
13. epoch: a period of time in history (or less commonly--a period of time in an individual's life)
14. mellifluous: having a pleasing, sweet, or musical sound
15. laud:  praise
16. frangible:  fragile; brittle
17. tommyrot:  utter nonsense
18. ineffable:  too great to be expressed in words (positive connotation); not to be uttered (a more negative connotation)
19. austere:  extremely simple style; unadorned; strict in manner, attitude or appearance
20. soporific:  sleep-inducing
21. misogynist:  a person who hates women
22. misanthrope:  a person who hates humanity/who avoids human society
23. sadist:  a person who enjoys inflicting pain on others
24. masochist: a person who enjoys receiving pain
25. mitigate:  to make less severe, less serious, or less painful
26. loom:  to hover in a threatening manner (verb)
27. lurid:  scandalous; sensational
28. detrimental:  having a bad or negative effect
29. intrinsic:  in-born; important and basic to the nature of something/someone
30. largesse:  generosity; bounty
31. uxoricide:  the act of killing one's wife
32. neophyte:  an amateur; someone who is new to an event, process or activity
33. slugabed:  a lazy person who stays in bed as long as possible
34. purport:  to make a false or questionable claim
35. serendipity:  good luck; happy chance
36. protestation:  an emphatic declaration that something is not true; an objection/protest
37. engender:  to cause; give rise to; beget (this is an older meaning)
38. blanche:  to lose colour suddenly (often from shock); to whiten; to pale
39. ephemeral:  lasting for a very short time
40. gauche: unsophisticated; socially awkward; lacking grace; lacking ease of movement