Chu 1 Jeffrey Chu AP English Language and Composition, 3rd Period Mr.

Ireland Independent Vocabulary Worksheet Dictionary Most Commonly Used: Cambridge Dictionary 1. gurnard noun Source: Virginia Woolf Moments of Being Quote: Once, after we had hung about, tacking, and hauling in gurnard after gurnard Tone: Netrual Date: September 1, 2011 Definition: bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom 2. dissemble verb Source: 1994 AP English Language and Composition Exam Section II King Charles II by Sir George Savile Quote: If he dissembled, let us remember, first, that he was a king Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal thetruth or real nature of 3. dissimulation - noun Source: 1994 AP English Language and Composition Exam Section II King Charles II by Sir George Savile Quote: that he was a king, and that dissimulation is a jewel of the crown Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: the act of deceiving 4. indulgence - noun Source: 1994 AP English Language and Composition Exam Section II King Charles II by Sir George Savile Quote: the defects laid to his charge, are such as may claim indulgence from mankind. Tone: Positive Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution; the act of indulging or gratifying a desire; a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires; foolish or senseless behavior 5. indecent - adj. Source: 1994 AP English Language and Composition Exam Section II King Charles II by Sir George Savile Quote: which though they should not be unjust, can never clear themselves from being indecent. Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011

Chu 2 Definition: offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society 6. disparaged - verb Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: to have your acquirements carped at and doubted, your good things disparaged Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: to lower in rank or reputation 7. scrutinized verb Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: it is to be scrutinized by strangers, and neglected by friends Tone: Neutral Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: to examine closely and minutely 8. thrall - noun Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: it is to be a thrall to circumstances, an exile in ones own country Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: someone held in bondage; the state of being under the control of another person 9. forego verb Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: to forego leisure, freedom, easy of body and mind Tone: Neutral Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: be earlier in time; go back further 10. caprice noun Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: to be dependent on the good-will and caprice of others Tone: Positive Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: a sudden desire 11. precarious adj Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: or earn a precarious and irksome livelihood by some laborious employment Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011. Definition: affording no ease or reassurance; not secure; beset with difficulties; dangerously insecure; fraught with danger 12. irksome - adj. Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: or earn a precarious and irksome livelihood by some laborious employment Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011

Chu 3 Definition: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness 13. laborious adj. Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: or earn a precarious and irksome livelihood by some laborious employment Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort 14. scrivener noun Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: or a scrivener or scavenger, or newspaper reporter Tone: Neutral Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts 15. assailed verb Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: to be assailed on every side with envy Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: to attack vigorously or violently; assault 16. fickleness noun Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: by the fickleness of taste and some new favourite Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous 17. chagrin noun Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: of chagrin and disappointment in after-life Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: strong feelings of embarrassment; verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of 18. rabble - noun Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: to be jostled by the rabble because you do not ride in your coach Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: disparaging terms for the common people; a disorderly crowd of people 19. morose - adj. Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: to grow crabbed, morose, and querulous, dissatisfied with every one Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: showing a brooding ill humor 20. querulous adj. Source: On the Want of Money by William Hazlitt Quote: to grow crabbed, morose, and querulous, dissatisfied with every one

Chu 4 Tone: Negative Date: September 2, 2011 Definition: habitually complaining 21. idiosyncratic - adj. Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: for the ways in which the vision of an artist can percolate through an idiosyncratic use of language Tone: Neutral Date: September 15, 2011 Definition: peculiar to the individual 22. squandered - adj. Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: exercises the mind of the reader is being equandered on regimens of trash and semitrash Tone: Negative Date: September 15, 2011 Definition: not used to good advantage 23. moribund - adj. Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: without having done one appreciable thing to raise the educational bar or revive our moribund culture. Tone: Negative Date: September 15, 2011 Definition: being on the point of death; breathing your last; not growing or changing; without force or vitality 24. hypersensitivity noun Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: who writes so lucidly and beautifully about the hypersensitivity that makes adolescence a hell. Tone: Neutral Date: September 15, 2011 Definition: extreme sensitivity; pathological sensitivity 25. sententious - adj. Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: Many chapters end with sententious epigrams virtually begging to serves as texts Tone: Neutral Date: September 15, 2011 Definition: abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; concise and full of meaning 26. convoluted - adj. Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: Who seriously believes that murky, turgid, convoluted language of this sort constitutes good writing? Tone: Neutral Date: September 15, 2011

Chu 5 Definition: rolled or coiled together; highly complex or intricate 27. paradigm - noun Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: To hold up this book as a paradigm of memoir, of thoughtis akin to inviting doctors convicted of malpractice to instruct our medical students. Tone: Neutral Date: September 15, 2011 Definition: the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word; a standard or typical example; the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another) 28. recluse - adj. Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: a gooney recluse who becomes the occasion for yet another lesion in tolerance Tone: Neutral Date: September 15, 2011 Definition: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; noun one who lives in solitude 29. frivolous - adj. Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: is simply too frivolous, suspect, and elitist even to mention. Tone: Negative Date: September 15, 2011 Definition: not serious in content or attitude or behavior 30. hallucinatory - adj. Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: I recall the hallucinatory sense of having left my warm bedroom Tone: Neutral Date: September 15, 2011 Definition: characterized by or characteristic of hallucination 31. reprimand - noun Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: instead of suggesting that Mark Twain be posthumously reprimanded? Tone: Negative Date: September 15, 2011 Definition: an act or expression of criticism and censure; verb rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily 32. fervent - adj. Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read by Francine Prose Quote: to create a well-educated, smart, highly literate society of fervent readers? Tone: Neutral Date: September 15, 2011 Definition: extremely hot; characterized by intense emotion 33. arsenal - noun Source: Monk Gloats Over Yoga Championship by Serena S. Enyun Quote: The koan had long been thought the weak point of his spiritual arsenal Tone: Neutral

Chu 6 Date: October 7, 2011 Definition: a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms; all the weapons and equipment that a country has; a place where arms are manufactured 34. multitudes noun Source: Monk Gloats Over Yoga Championship by Serena S. Enyun Quote: While koan answers are kept secret from the public for fear of exposing the uninitiated multitudes to the terror of universal truth Tone: Neutral Date: October 7, 2011 Definition: a great number; host; the state or character of being many 35. insurmountable - adj. Source: Monk Gloats Over Yoga Championship by Serena S. Enyun Quote: Bikram built himself a nearly insurmountable lead Tone: Negative Date: October 7, 2011 Definition: not capable of being surmounted or overcome; impossible to surmount 36. stratagem noun Source: Learning to Read and Write by Frederick Douglass Quote: I was compelled to resort to various stratagems. Tone: Neutral Date: October 7, 2011 Definition: a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy 37. depravity noun Source: Learning to Read and Write by Frederick Douglass Quote: She at first lacked the depravity indispensable to shutting me up in mental darkness Tone: Negative Date: October 7, 2011 Definition: a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles 38. injurious adj. Source: Learning to Read and Write by Frederick Douglass Quote: Slavery proved as injurious to her as it did to me. Tone: Negative Date: October 7, 2011 Definition: tending to cause great harm; harmful to living things 39. divest - verb Source: Learning to Read and Write by Frederick Douglass Quote: Slavery soon proved its ability to divest her of these heavenly qualities. Tone: Negative Date: October 7, 2011 Definition: reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); deprive of status or authority; remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; take away possessions from someone 40. ell - noun Source: Learning to Read and Write by Frederick Douglass Quote: and no precaution could prevent me from taking the ell.

Chu 7 Tone: Neutral Date: October 7, 2011 Definition: an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building 41. prudence noun Source: Learning to Read and Write by Frederick Douglass Quote: but prudence forbids;-not that it would injure me, but it might embarrass them Tone: Negative Date: October 7, 2011 Definition: discretion in practical affairs; knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress 42. prevailing - adj. Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: was endeavoring to accurately depict the prevailing social attitudes along the Mississippi River Valley during the 1840s Tone: Neutral Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: encountered generally especially at the present time; most frequent or common 43. pejorative adj. Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: the boys refer to slaves four times with the pejorative n-word. Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: expressing disapproval 44. demeaning - adj. Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: The n-word possessed, then as now, demeaning implications more vile than almost any insult that can be applied to other racial groups. Tone: Neutral Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: causing awareness of your shortcomings 45. affront noun Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: with every passing decade this affront appears to gain rather than lose its impact. Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely 46. appellative - adj. Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: students are capable of resenting textual encounters with this racial appellative. Tone: Neutral Date: October 13, 2011

Chu 8 Definition: inclined to or serving for the giving of names; pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun; noun identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others 47. degradation noun Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: to recover from the degradation of slavery and the institution of Jim Crow segregation policies Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: changing to a lower state (a less respected state); a low or downcast state 48. onslaught noun Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: to survive the onslaught of settlers and buffalo-hunters Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: a sudden and severe onset of trouble; (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) 49. decimate verb Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: who had decimated their ways of life Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: to destroy a great number or proportion of 50. alluded verb Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: Sam Clemens alluded to the infernal abolitionists. Tone: Neutral Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion 51. impediments noun Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s erased many racial impediments and sensitized esucceeding generations of Americans Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: obstruction; hindrance; obstacle 52. valiant - adj. Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: Over the years I have noted valiant and judicious defenses of the prevalence of the nword

Chu 9 Tone: Neutral Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: having or showing valor 53. denouncing verb Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: John H. Wallace unleashed a fierce and protracted dispute by denouncing Huckleberry Finn as the most grotesque example of racist trash ever written. Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: to condemn or censure openly or publicly 54. consecrated - adj. Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: more unequivocally abolitionist works rather than this one novel that has been consecrated as the mandatory literary statement about American slavery. Tone: Positive Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use 55. consortium - noun Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: The volume was published by NewSouth Books for a consortium of Alabama libraries Tone: Neutral Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: an association of companies for some definite purpose 56. inoculate verb Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: endeavors by classroom teachers to inoculate their students against it Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune; insert a bud for propagation; introduce a microorganism into; introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation 57. etymology noun Source: Introduction to The NewSouth Edition of Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Dr. Alan Gribben Quote: as a spring-board to discuss its etymology and cultural history Tone: Neutral Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: the study of the sources and development of words; a history of a word 58. seminal - adj. Source: Censoring Huckleberry Finn by Leonard Pitts, Jr.

Chu 10 Quote: It is, perhaps, the seminal moment in American literature. Tone: Positive Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen; containing seeds of later development 59. betwixt - adv. Source: Censoring Huckleberry Finn by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Quote: betwixt two things and I knowed it. Tone: Neutral Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: in the interval 60. incendiary - adj. Source: Censoring Huckleberry Finn by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Quote: because children simply cannot get past that incendiary word. Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily; arousing to action or rebellion; involving deliberate burning of property; noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel); a criminal who illegally sets fire to property 61. emphatically - adv. Source: Censoring Huckleberry Finn by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Quote: it is emphatically not free to substitute its own. Tone: Neutral Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: without question and beyond doubt 62. immutable - adj. Source: Censoring Huckleberry Finn by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Quote: The past is what it is, immutable and non-negotiable. Tone: Neutral Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature 63. cursory - adj. Source: Censoring Huckleberry Finn by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Quote: Even a cursory glance at the historical record will show that Twains use of the reprehensible word was an accurate reflection of the era. Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough 64. ubiquitous - adj. Source: Censoring Huckleberry Finn by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Quote: What kind of country must this have been that it was so ubiquitous? Tone: Neutral Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: being present everywhere at once 65. subversive - adj.

Chu 11 Source: Censoring Huckleberry Finn by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Quote: Huckleberry Finn is a funny, subversive story about a runaway white boy who comes to locate the humanity in a runaway black man Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: in opposition to a civil authority or government; noun a radical supporter of political or social revolution 66. vindicates verb Source: Censoring Huckleberry Finn by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Quote: who comes to locate the humanity in a runaway black man and, in the process, vindicates his own. Tone: Positive Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like 67. backwater noun Source: Censoring Huckleberry Finn by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Quote: But that was before America became an intellectual backwater that would deem it necessary to censor its most celebrated author. Tone: Negative Date: October 13, 2011 Definition: any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress; a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam 68. usurpation noun Source: The Declaration of Independence by Congress Quote: but when a long train of abuses and usurpations Tone: Negative Date: November 8, 2011 Definition: illegal seizure and occupation of a throne 69. convulsions noun Source: The Declaration of Independence by Congress Quote: exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. Tone: Negative Date: November 8, 2011 Definition: contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions of the extremeties 70. tenure - noun Source: The Declaration of Independence by Congress Quote: He has made Judges depend on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices Tone: Positive Date: November 8, 2011 Definition: the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands; the term during which some position is held; verb give life-time employment to 71. mercenaries adj. Source: The Declaration of Independence by Congress Quote: He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death

Chu 12 Tone: Negative Date: November 8, 2011 Definition: working or acting merely for money or other reward 72. perfidy - noun Source: The Declaration of Independence by Congress Quote: already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages Tone: Negative Date: November 8, 2011 Definition: betrayal of a trust; an act of deliberate betrayal 73. insurrections noun Source: The Declaration of Independence by Congress Quote: He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us Tone: Negative Date: November 8, 2011 Definition: an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government 74. magnanimity noun Source: The Declaration of Independence by Congress Quote: We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity Tone: Positive Date: November 8, 2011 Definition: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit 75. consanguinity noun Source: The Declaration of Independence by Congress Quote: They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. Tone: Neutral Date: November 8, 2011 Definition: (anthropology) related by blood 76. proposition noun Source: Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Quote: and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Tone: Positive Date: November 10, 2011 Definition: a task to be dealt with; (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false; an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors); the act of making a proposal; a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; verb suggest sex to 77. consecrated - adj. Source: Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Quote: The brave menhave consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. Tone: Positive Date: November 10, 2011 Definition: solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use 78. withering - adj. Source: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.

Chu 13 Quote: Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. Tone: Negative Date: November 13, 2011 Definition: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; making light of; noun any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) 79. promissory - adj. Source: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. Quote: they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. Tone: Neutral Date: November 13, 2011 Definition: relating to or having the character of a promise 80. hallowed - adj. Source: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. Quote: We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. Tone: Positive Date: November 13, 2011 Definition: worthy of religious veneration 81. sweltering - adj. Source: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. Quote: This sweltering summer of the Negros legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Tone: Neutral Date: November 13, 2011 Definition: excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness 82. inextricably - adv. Source: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. Quote: And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. Tone: Neutral Date: November 13, 2011 Definition: in an inextricable manner 83. redemptive - adj. Source: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. Quote: Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Tone: Positive Date: November 13, 2011 Definition: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; of or relating to or resulting in redemption 84. jangling - adj. Source: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. Quote: With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discord of our nation Tone: Neutral Date: November 13, 2011 Definition: like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together 85. curvaceous adj. Source: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.

Chu 14 Quote: Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. Tone: Neutral Date: November 13, 2011 Definition: (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves 86. enactment noun Source:President Bush signs Lincoln Penny Redesign Intro Law by David Early Quote: hailed the bills enactment as an important accomplishment for the Commission Tone: Positive Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: the passing of a law by a legislative body; acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture; a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body 87. emblematic - adj. Source:President Bush signs Lincoln Penny Redesign Intro Law by David Early Quote: an image emblematic of the President Lincolns preservation of the United States of America Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; being or serving as an illustration of a type 88. allegorical - adj. Source:President Bush signs Lincoln Penny Redesign Intro Law by David Early Quote: a U.S. coin depicted a real historical figure rather than the allegorical Liberty figures Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: used in or characteristic of or containing allegory 89. wrought - adj. Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: the ordinary effects of nature wrought more admiration in them than in the other all his miracles. Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort) 90. swerve - noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: from which it cannot swerve but by a faculty from the voice which first did give it motion. Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: the act of turning aside suddenly; an erratic deflection from an intended course; verb turn sharply; change direction abruptly 91. prerogative - noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice

Chu 15 Quote: to acquaint the world with his prerogative lest the arrogancy of our reason should question his power Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) 92. deformity noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: .and therefore no deformity in any kind or species of creature whatsoever. Tone: Negative Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed; an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen 93. pulpit - noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: You do not assume indeed the solemnity of the pulpit Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it 94. declamation noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: or the tone of stage declamation Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: vehement oratory; recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric 95. solemnity noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: You do not assume indeed the solemnity of the pulpit Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: a trait of dignified seriousness; a solemn and dignified feeling 96. pompous - adj. Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: This it is easy to affect a pompous style Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display; puffed up with vanity 97. nicety - noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: it is a matter of some nicety and discrimination Tone: Positive Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

Chu 16 98. vulgar - adj. Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: It is clear you cannot use a vulgar English word if you never use a common English word at all. Tone: Negative Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; of or associated with the great masses of people; lacking refinement or cultivation or taste 99. quaint - adj. Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: A truly natural or familiar stlye can never be quaint or vulgar Tone: Positive Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: strange in an interesting or pleasing way; very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance; attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic) 100. labyrinthine - adj. Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: but such were the labyrinthine acoustics of courtyards and areaways Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear 101. Kowtow noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: bearing tribute and performing the kowtow in token of humble submission. Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission; verb try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; bend the knees and bow in a servile manner 102. innumerable - adj. Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: after surmounting innumerable obstacles to reach Peking Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: too numerous to be counted 103. sulphurous - adj. Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: From one spring the water gushes milky and sulphurous. Tone: Negative Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; harsh or corrosive in tone; of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur 104. arsenic - noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice

Chu 17 Quote: From another it comes forth laced with arsenic. Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar; a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer 105. schizoid - adj. Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: cutting from northeast to southwest, is schizoid Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships; of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia; noun characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia 106. portico noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: each with its noble portico and veranda Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area 107. veritable - adj. Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: a 1920s resort hotel and a veritable ducal palace in yellow sandstone. Tone: Negative Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: not counterfeit or copied; often used as intensifiers 108. ducal - adj. Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: a 1920s resort hotel and a veritable ducal palace in yellow sandstone. Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: of or belonging to or suitable for a duke 109. baize - noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: when the dice tumbled across the green baize and my father waited for the results Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables 110. plaque - noun Source: AP English Language and Composition Section I Multiple Choice Quote: some with an occasional Southern touch: a plaque, for example Tone: Neutral Date: December 6, 2011 Definition: (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body; a memorial made of brass