English 11

Today, students had a debate on whether or not the trash picker was of sound mind.  The class also took down the final ten vocabulary words from Set One; the vocab quiz will be next Tuesday, October 9th. Here are all 30 words:

1. to loathe (v) – to feel intense dislike or disgust for something 
2. contention (n) –  (1) a heated disagreement; (2) an assertion, esp made in an argument 
3. to emerge (v) – (1) to become apparent, important or known; (2) to come into view 
4. transience (n) – lasting only for a short time, fleeting, momentary, passing 
5. to digress (v) – to leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing 
6. indolent (adj) -- lazy 
7. ablutions (n) -- the washing/cleansing of the body, especially connected with religious practices
8. surfeit (n & v) -- (n) an excessive amount/a surplus of something; (v) to stuff to the maximum capacity
9. callous (adj) -- cold, uncaring, insensitive (callus the noun is the hardened patch of skin, perhaps resulting from friction/hard work)
10. malevolent (adj)  -- evil, having or showing an intent to do evil to others
11. layman (n) - an everyday person; someone who is not an expert in a particular area 
12. entrails (n) - guts; viscera 
13. swinish (adjective) - like a pig; boorish 
14. sadist (n) - one who enjoys inflicting pain on others 
15. infamy (n) - an extremely bad reputation because of shameful, criminal, or outrageous  behaviour 
16. macabre (adj) - gruesome and horrifying 
17. don (verb) - to put on an article of clothing 
18. dissuade (v) - to persuade someone not to do something  
19. impetuous (adj) - impulsive; acting without thinking 
20. amass (v) - to collect; to gather 
21. maniacal (adj) – like a maniac (aggressive, high-energy)     
22. to delve (v) – to reach into to something (physically or intellectually)     
23. pittance (n) – a small amount (usually money)
24. inviolable (adj) – something which cannot be altered or violated    
25. to traverse (v) – to travel across or through
26. nonchalance (n) – pretended indifference
27. to hasten (v) – to hurry
28. wrathful (adj) -- angry
29. austerely (adv) – severely    
30. diaphanous (adj) – gauzy, translucent, delicate