Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Wednesday, February 9, 2011.

1. Read Farewell...Ch. 20-21. (Did not finish Ch. 21)

Per. 1: Passed out comprehension questions for Ch. 18-22.

REMINDER: Vocabulary quiz on the words with the 4: QUIZ TOMORROW 2/10

1. assent v. to agree
2. capitulate v. to give up
3. desolation n. a state of barrenness; abandonment
4. foment v. to cause to grow; incite
5. guileless adj. free of deceit or cunning; innocent
6. inaudible adj. not abe to be heard
7. intangible: adj. incapable of being perceived by the senses; cannot be felt, touched, etc.
8. interim: n. period of time between events
9. overt: adj. obvious; easy to observe
10. posthumous: adj. occurring after death
11. premonition: n. an inner sense of foreboding; a knowing that something bad will happen
12. rapt: adj. deeply absorbed; deeply interested in something where nothing else matters around you.
13. rescind: V. to reverse or cancel
14. subside: V. to sink to a normal level; to calm/go down Ex. rain that subsides lets up.
15. subterranean: adj. underground