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Words High School Volume II:
Scrutiny: Slide 2
Acquiesce: Slide 3
Exonerate: Slide 4
Plaintive: Slide 5
Perfidy: Slide 6
Formidable: Slide 7
Redress: Slide 8
Kindred: Slide 9
Plunder: Slide 10
Intuitive: Slide 19
Rapt: Slide 20
Malicious: Slide 21
Oscillate: Slide 22
Augment: Slide 23
Cacophony: Slide 24
Herald: Slide 25
Emulate: Slide 26
Dissipate: Slide 11
Portend: Slide 12
Periphery: Slide 13
Animosity: Slide 14
Contrite: Slide 15
Depravity: Slide 16
Attrition: Slide 17
Indifference: Slide 18
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scrutiny.
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo --Stieg Larsson
Because of their relationship, he came under close
scrutiny
The Life of Pi --Yann Martel
I returned to the horizon, my hopes high.
On closer it was evident that she was fourteen.
Les Miserables--Victor Hugo
scrutinizing
scrutinized,Every arrival on this campus will be
checked hourly.
the grounds
The Bourne Supremacy --Robert Ludlum
scrutiny: close examinationSyn: perusal, investigationAnt: glimpse
Forms: N: scrutinyV: scrutinize, scrutinizes scrutinized, scrutinizingAdj: 00 Adv: 00
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acquiesced.
acquiesced
Murder on the Orient Express --Agatha Christie
Hector McQueen willingly in the search. acquiescing
acquiesce
acquiesce: surrender
Dracula --Bram Stoker
have sat up had I tried.
, for I was dog tired, and could notI could not butpassiveness of a sufferer resigned to the surgeon’s touch.
She had a sense of
The House of Mirth--Edith Wharton
in the plan with the
He’d flattered me--he understood me well enough to know I
Girl Interrupted --Susanna Kaysen
craved flattery—and in gratitude, I
Syn: capitulateAnt: refuse
Forms: N: acquiescenceV: acquiesce, asquiesces acquiesced, acquiescingAdj: acquiescentAdv: acquiescently
Related: quiet
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exonerates me.I can think of no answer that
The Poisonwood Bible--Barbara Kingsolver
exonerates
exonerated
exonerate: undo a conviction; prove thatan accused or convicted person is not guilty
So before you read what’s in that thing, tell me a story that
squares with its details andSnow Falling on Cedars --David Guterson
yourself in my eyes.
And Then There Were None --Agatha Christie
suspicion.
No one of us can be completely from
exonerated
The Eldest --Christopher Paolini
She knew that even if she was
she could not return to her previous existence.
of the murder,
syn: vindicate, pardonant: condemnrelated: onus (burden)
Forms: N: exonerationV: exonerate, exonerates,exonerated, exoneratingAdj: 00 Adv: 00
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plaintive
plaintively.“I don’t want no trouble,” he said
Of Mice and Men--John Steinbeckplaintive
plaintive
The melody, sung in low tones, spoke beyond
its notes. Black: The Birth of Evil --Ted Dekker
plaintive: mournful; expressing sadnessthrough a sound
She made a sound I had not heard them make before ,
shriek.Airborn --Kenneth Oppel
The Guardian --Nicholas Sparks
“I don’t want to talk to you,” she said, hating her
tone.
syn: sorrowfulant: cheerfulrelative: complain
Forms: N: 00V: 00Adj: plaintiveAdj: plaintively
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perfidy
should be left there to remind the Irish of English
Angela’s Ashes --Frank McCourt
He says you’ll see the bullet holes all over the front and they
perfidy
perfidy,
perfidy.
dangerous neighborhood and ordered her throat cut.
So, she discovered my and I had her lured to a
Glory in Death --J.D. Robb
perfidy: betrayalsyn: treachery; infidelity;untrustworthiness;faithlessnessant: fidelity, loyalty
Forms: N: perfidyV: 00Adj: perfidiousAdv: perfidiously
In spite of my
HP and the Deathly Hollows --J.K. Rowling
she was desperate to see me
one more time. The Once and Future King --T.H. White
It is ingratitude, treachery!
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formidable, and I am quite exhausted by it all. A Great and Terrible Beauty
--Libba Bray
That will of iron is
formidable
formidable
self-control.
For a moment, the girl seemed to lose her
Eldest --Christopher Paolini
formidable: intimidating in size and power
You would make a opponent, I’m sure.
Brisingr--Chrisopher Paolini
syn: imposing; enormous;intimidating; impressiveant: diminutive; meek;insignificant
Forms: N: 00V: 00Adj: formidableAdv: formidable
formidable
Eragon --Christopher Paolini
Eragon eyed her claws and said, “Wait!”
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Julius Caesar --Wm Shakespeare
What is now amiss that Caesar and his Senate must
redress
redress?
redress: the process of seeing justicefor denial of rightssyn: recompense; amends; reparations
Forms: N: redressV: redress, redresses, redressed, redressingAdj: 00 Adv: 00
Wrongs have to be
The Once and Future King--T.H. White
by reason, not by force.
Could anything be done to
Strength in What Remains --Tracy Kidder
these inequities?
redressed
redress
and seek a
Native Son --Richard Wright
“But the question must be asked, “If this boy thought that he was somehow wronged, why did he not go into a court of law
of grievances?
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kindred
kindred: related by blood,or seeming to be relatedby blood; compatible
Forms: N: kin, kinship, kinfolkV: 00Adj: kindredAdv: 00Relatives: kind
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Matthew and I are such spirits I can read his
Anne of Green Gables --Lucy Maud Montgomery
thoughts without any words at all.
kindred
kindred
Eragon,Christopher Paolini
spirits just beyond our family ties.We are somehow
The Ultimate Gift,Jim Stovall
kindredspirits.His mother and I were
The Other Wes Moore,Wes Moore
In her he recognized a spirit.kindred
Then he smiled a familiar smile, the smile of a
spirit, and then I knew out friendship was intact.
Then he smiled a familiar smile, the smile of a
Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn
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plunder.
plunder
Slaughterhouse 5 --Kurt Vonnegut
He was arrested for
plunder.
plundering.
Force is all they know, force, fraud andAtlas Shrugged --Ayn Rand
plunder: V: raid for the purpose of stealingN: stolen goods
syn: loot, pillageForms: N: plunderV: plunder, plunders,plundered, plunderingAdj: plunderousAdv: 00
their
and dwarves, wherever they can find them; and they guard
Dragons steal gold and jewels, you know, from men and elves
The Hobbit--J.R.R. Tolkien
as long as they live. king interested only in personal glory and triumphantThe Crystal Shard --R.A. Salvatore
Everything now hinged on the assent of Heafstaag, a brutal
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dissipateddown the road.Slowly the voices outside
The Help--Kathryn Stockett
dissipate
dissipate.
They were both half-dressed and growing colder as their
heat began toThe Lovely Bones --Alice Sebold
dissipate: scatter widely until gone;lose intensity
syn: dispel; attenuateant: intensify; amplify; fortify
Forms: N: dissipationV: dissipate, dissipates, dissipated,dissipating
Breaking Dawn --Stephanie Meyer
The mist swiftly, but I held my shield in place.
Miles felt tired. A Bend in the Road --Nicholas Sparks
In the wake of the adreneline rush that was slowly dissipating,
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attrition: fade-away; drop-off
Syn: lessening;declineAnt: fortification
Forms: N: attritionV: 00Adj: 00 Adv: 00
Brisingr --Christopher Paolini
He hopes to drag out this fight, to bleed us dry through
attrition.
Ender’s Game--Orson Scott Card
in his business there was an above average rate of
He’d had good experiences with almost all of them, though
and turnover.attritionattrition
more weaknesses than he meant to; other times the enemy was able to wear them down by
Several times the enemy was able to trick him into exposing
as much a matter of luck as strategy. Zeitoun --Dave Eggers
until his victory was
attrition Eruption, earthquake, avalanche, of glaciers,
the erosion of water, the cracking of frost, the weathering of
rain and wind and snow—these it had eternally fought and
resisted in vain, yet it stood magnificent, frowning, battle-
scarred and undefeated. The Call of of the Canyon --Zane Grey
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portentsportents
Grendel --John Gardner
by lightning, are ominous
Three dead trees on the moor below, burned up alive
Would anyone like me to help them interpret the shadowy
within their Orb? HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban--J.K. Rowling
portents.
portents
There had been no signs or , no secret signals.The Devil’s Arithmetic --Jane Yolen
portent: sign that evil is on its way Syn: omen, harbingerRoot: port: to carryRelatives: important,import, export, portable,deport
Forms: N: portent, portentsV: portend, portends, portended, portendingAdj: 00 Adv: 00
been strange
The Fellowship of the Ring --J.R.R. Tolkien
“It has been guessed already,” said Ingold;” for there have
here of late.
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Native Speaker --Chang-Rae Lee
Leila and I tended to dwell around the corners, along the
periphery
tossed but detached.
Langdon felt like a ship on the
Angels and Demons --Dan Brown
of a storm…
periphery. Ari hung back on the
Saving the World and OtherExtreme Sports--James Patterson
periphery.
periphery
The Kite Runner --Khaled Hosseini
Hassan milled about the of my life after that.
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periphery: edge
Syn: marginRoot: peri: aroundRelatives: perimeter
Forms: N: peripheryV: 00Adj: peripheral Adv: 00
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Gone with the Wind --Margaret Mitchell
His one eye met hers with an impersonal
into
Jacob didn’ like the reminder; the pain in his eyes hardened
Eclipse--Stephenie Meyer animosity.
animosity.
animosity: hatred; resentmentSyn: animus, hatred, bad blood, ill will Ant: alliance, friendship,camaraderie, congeniality
Forms: N: animosityV:00Adj: 00 Adv: 00
Cujo --Stephen King
Its eyes glared at then with steady, sunken
Eragon --Christopher Paolini
that resisted intruders.
There was an unfriendly feel in the air an animosity
animosity.
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Contrition
October Sky --Homer Hickam
“I’m sorry you lost your rocket stuff,” he told me, truly
contrite.
The Power and the Glory --Graham Greene
I shall feel and be forgiven.
She didn’t feel he was sufficiently
Outcasts United--Warren St. John
contrite.
and remember Our Lord Now say an Act of
watches you every minute. Angela’s Ashes --Frank McCourt
contrite: sorry
Syn: repentant, rueful Forms: N: contritionV: 00Adj: contrite Adv: contritely
contrition
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depravity
depravity. To me, religion is about our dignity, not our
Life of Pi--Yann Martel
depravity? Was there no end to their
Artemis Fowl --Aoin Colfer
depravity: evil; outside the boundaries of human decency
Syn: degeneracyAnt: normalcy
Forms: N: depravityV: 00Adj: depraved Adv: 00
depraved You’re dangerous and
Catch-22 --Joseph Heller
taken out and shot.
and you ought to be
Rose Red --Stephen King
I have prayed—to both sides– to release me from this
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Suzanne Collins --The Hunger Games
but my voice cracks. I try to sound
of them.
They were both to what people might think
Love in the Time of Cholera--Gabriel Garcia Marquez
indifferent to him and his suffering.
The pure, colorless vastness of the sky stretched over him,
HP and the Deathly Hollows --J. K. Rowling
indifferent
indifferent
indifferent,
indifferent: not caring, having no opinion
Anna Karenina --Leo Tolstoy
The government obviously is guided by abstract considerations,
and remains to the influence its measures
may exercise.
Syn: apathetic, neutral, blaseAnt: passionate, ardent, fervent
Forms: N: indifferenceV: 00Adj: indifferent Adv: indifferently
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intuitive
Intuitively,Drown --Junot Diaz
I knew how easily distances could harden and
become permanent.
is really
a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.
The boy was beginning to understand that
The Alchemist --Paolo Coelho
intuitive: having unexplainable powers of knowing and understandingSyn: perceptiveAnt: dense, obtuseRelatives: tuition,tutor
Forms: N: intuitionV: intuit, intuits, intuited, intuitingAdj: intuitive Adv: intuitively
intuition
people was much greater.
She was far more
The Color Purple --Alice Walker
than I. Her gift for understanding
intuitiveBella, for a fairly person, you can be so obtuse!
Eclipse --Stephanie Meyer
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admiration and abject fear. I was filled with a mix of Life of Pi--Yann Martel
rapt
rapt
and open-mouthed.
He was too busy staring at Isabelle, City of Bones --Cassandra Clare
rapt: stunned with amazement
syn: mezmerizedant: bored, distracted
Relatives: rapture, enrapture
October Sky --Homer Hickam
attention.
Our six hundred faces gazed up at the little man in rapt
raptThe Wedding --Nicholas Sparks
I filled her in on the progress, watching her
attention as she tried to imagine it.
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maliciously.
malicious amusement.Three of four faces looked at him in
The Power and the Glory --Graham Greene
malicious: intending to do harm to a person or animal
stepped back from him.
was in them that men His eyes glittered. Such
The Two Towers--J.R.R. Tolkien
Syn: evil, toxic, spiteful, vindictive, venomous, malevolent
Ant: benign, benevolent Origin: mal: bad
Forms: N: malice, maliciousnessV:00Adj: maliciousAdv: maliciously
malice
Second Inaugural Address --Abraham Lincoln
With toward none,with charity for all…
HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban --J. K. Rowling
Malfoy elbowed past Hermione to block Harry’s way up
the stone steps to the castle, his face gleeful and his pale
eyes glinting
malice
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oscillating
As I turned away to continue walking up the trail, my emotions
oscillating A small fan sat in the corner.
A Walk to Remember--Nicholas Sparks
oscillating
oscillated
A needle within her wavered for a moment , burning between
its way between two courses.
Atlas Shrugged --Ayn Rand
Oscillate: Move or change in a steady, back-and-forth pattern
Syn: vacillate; waffleAnt: stagnate
Forms: N: oscillationV: oscillate, oscillates, oscillated, oscillatingAdj: 00 Adv: 00
Into Thin Air --Jon Krakauer
between childhood, which
still held them in its clasp, and their awakening as man and woman.
They spent that summer
House of Spirits --Isabelle Allende
between nervous anticipation and a nearly
overwhelming sense of dread.
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Synonyms: Antonyms:
Forms: N: augmentationV: augment, augments, augmented, augmentingAdj: 00Adv: 00
Augment: to increase
augmented
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by donations.The libraries were
Robinson Crusoe --Daniel Defoe
little improvement, your flocks increased, and your subjects
When you inspect your little kingdom, you will find in it some
augmented.
augmented
Uglies--Scott Westerfield
their diets with fish caught from the
river, and Tally roasted a rabbit on a fire she’d built herself.
They augmentingThe Prince and the Pauper --Mark Twain
The procession moved on, and still on, through ever
splendors of welcome.
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cacophony
of the attack.His harsh words cut through the
Uglies--Scott Westerfield
cacophony
cacophony
Syn: racketRelatives: phon (sound): symphony, telephone, phonics,
Forms: N: cacophonyV: 00Adj: cacophonousAdv: 00
Cacophony: loud, unpleasant noise
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The Hound of Rowan --Henry H. Neff
He was suddenly assailed by a great
of voices.
cacophony
Angela’s Ashes --Frank McCourt
rattles, asthmatic wheezes, consumptive croaks.
It created a of hacking coughs, bronchial of bullets.
Nineteen Minutes --Jodi Picoult
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heralds
The Return of the King --J. R. R. Tolkien
ran into the ring of trees, and they blew a great fanfare, and
Then Aragon set trumpeters at each of the four roads that
the cried aloud.
“Herald,
Herald: N: Announcer; V: Announce
Syn: vacillate; waffleAnt: conceal; withhold
Forms: N: herald, heraldsV: herald, heralds, heralded, heraldingAdj: 00 Adv: 00
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland --Lewis Caroll
read the accusation!” said the King.
heraldI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings --Maya Angelou
Any break in the routine may for them unbearable
news.
Tonight a new era.
Water for Elephants --Sara Gruen
heralds
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Emulate: try to be like someone you admire
Syn: racketRelatives: phon (sound): symphony, telephone, phonics,
Forms: N: emulationV: emulate, emulates, emulated, emulatingAdj: emulatoryAdv: 00
emulating
emulateJay Allison, et. al. --This I Believe II
him. I believe in the way he lives his life and I try to
Half the Sky --Nicholas Kristof
the soap opera characters
they admired.
children,
That suggested that they had decided to stop having
The Book Thief --Markus Zusak
Max was looking to his moment of glory. emulate
emulate I’d like to appeal to all our listeners to
in your street.
their example,
perhaps by casting a protective charm over any Muggle dwellingsHP and the Deathly Hollows--J.K. Rowling
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