English 11R

VOCABULARY AS OF 4/23     

NOTE: THERE ARE ONLY 56 WORDS BECAUSE OF THE TWO DAYS WITH ASSESSMENTS (CRUCIBLE QUIZ AND VOCABULARY TEST #2)

1. patronizing    
2. repress        
3. pragmatic        
4. reticent    
5. capricious    
6. frivolous
7. ignominious    
8. squalor    
9. subjective        
10. objective    
11. vulnerable    
12. anomaly
13. revere        
14. pretentious    
15. condescending    
16. alleviate    
17. uncanny    
18. conventional
19. vilify        
20. slander    
21. trepidation        
22. turbulence    
23. puritanical    
24. crucible
25. rapturous        
26. languish    
27. indulge        
28. hedonism    
29. convoluted    
30. abstention
31. misanthrope    
32. avarice        
33. recoil        
34. enervate    
35. meek        
36. averse
37. relinquish        
38. dissension
39. rue
40. disseminate
41. disdain
42. chastise
43. contempt
44. spurn
45. scorn
46. surreptitious
47. malice
48. stringency
49. iniquity
50. iniquitous
51. malevolent
52. malicious
53. valor
54. valorous        
    

55. amoral (adj)—without morals

• a/an is a PREFIX that means "without"
• al is a SUFFIX that indicates that the word is an adjective
• Since "AMORAL" is an adjective, it can only:
  • modify the subject or direct object of a sentence
  SAMPLE: S + Vt + DO
  In The Crucible, the amoral characters outweigh the virtuous ones.
  
  
  NOTICE HOW THE WORD "AMORAL" MODIFIES THE WORD "CHARACTERS"
  
  
  • function as the subject complement of the sentence
  SAMPLE: S + LV + SC
  In second scene of Act Two, Abigail is amoral.
      
  NOTICE HOW THE WORD "AMORAL" ADDS INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUBJECT, "ABIGAIL."

56. maniacal (adj)— suggestive of or afflicted with insanity; seemingly insane

• the word "maniac" means "madman"
• al is a SUFFIX that indicates that the word is an adjective—having the qualities of a crazy person
• Since "MANIACAL" is an adjective, it can only:
  • modify the subject or direct object of a sentence
  SAMPLE: S + Vt + DO
  The girls' maniacal behavior shocks the men of Salem
      
  NOTICE HOW THE WORD "MANIACAL" MODIFIES THE WORD "BEHAVIOR"
  
  
  • function as the subject complement of the sentence
  SAMPLE: S + LV + SC
  After Tituba falsely confesses to witchcraft, the girls become maniacal.
      
  NOTICE HOW THE WORD "MANIACAL" ADDS INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUBJECT, "THE GIRLS."