Tuesday, January 11, 2011.

1. Copy vocabulary for this week:
FAREWELL…VOCABULARY FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 10-14 Quiz Friday 1/14

abate: v. to lose intensity

alleviate v. to make more bearable

arrogance: n. overbearing pride

boisterous: adj. rowdy; noisy and high-spirited

internment: n. wartime confinement of people

ominously: adverb: threateningly

patriarch: n. male leader of a clan or family

pelt: v. to bombard; to hit sharply over a surface
making noise

sabotage: n. in wartime, a destructive act to aid the enemy

savory: adj. strongly flavorful

scuttle: v. to move quickly like a rabbit or an insect

sinister: adj. relating to evil


2. Read "Notes from a Novice" with side annotions.

3. Answer questions 7-16.