The words below are listed roughly in the order in
which they appear in the excerpts from the midterm; #1-6 are from the Charlie
Parker “Yardbird” passage (the next-to-last passage), the rest from the last
passage on the subject of language changing.
Directions: Match the word to its definition. First, try to match the ones you already
know, then use your root words and context clues to solve the rest by
referring back to the line numbers or questions in which the words appear. As a last resort, use your
dictionaries.
1) ornithological (6) a)
writings not included or confirmed in an original text and thus considered
inauthentic
2) beatnik(28) b)
a literary or dramatic work that mocks or ridicules another
3) apocryphal (33) c) a scholar of language
4) interpolation(60) d)
a prolonged lamentation or complaint
5) extraneous(60) e)
anxiety arising from awareness of guilt
6) burlesque(62) f)
existing on or coming from the outside
7) jeremiad(3) g) of or pertaining to
the scientific study of birds
h) an
alteration of a text by inserting foreign matter
8) linguist(23) i) a person who rejects the mores of
an established society and indulges in exotic philosophizing,
sort of like Jack Kerouac or Ken Kesey or Tom Wolfe
9) ineluctable(30) j) cheerful, hopeful
10) sanguine(44) k)
pertaining to the study of the writing of sermons
11) compunction(49) l)
not to be avoided, changed, or resisted; inevitable
12) homiletic(69)
13) futility (question #51) m) a powerful feeling of dislike
toward somebody or something considered to be worthless, inferior, or
undeserving of respect
14) contempt (question #45) n) pointlessness; lack of usefulness
or effectiveness
15) berate(question #48) o) to harshly criticize
or verbally abuse
Classwork: go over passage 4 bloodthirsty, bloodthirsty and go over passage 5
Homework: Finish Scarlet Letter by next Tuesday 1/22 - answer study guide questions 19.3&4; 20.2; 21.1; 22.2,3&4; 23.6&7, 24. 1, 2, 4 &5
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