Vocabulary+Word+Bank

Vocabulary Word Bank Below you will find a list of words from each text we read this year. You are responsible for knowing the definitions of every word on this list. I strongly recommend that you consult the bank after each reading, making sure to write the definition of the word in your books. You will be allowed to use your books during vocabulary quizzes. You will not be allowed to use a vocabulary list or this word bank.

Impertinent (17) Intimation (18) Cunning (18) Lisp (19) Heartrending (20) Conjecture (20) Infernal (21) Evinced (23) Barbarity (24) Blasphemy (24) Conferred (25) Reverberate (25) Rapturous (25) Jargon (25) Ineffable (26) Glimmering (26) Obdurate (26) Desolate (27) Abounded (28) Defiled (28) Equipage (28) Unrelenting (30) Ascertain (30) Maxim (30) Imbibe (31) Execrate (31) Eminent (32) Indispensable (32) Persevering (32) Impudence (32) Immutable (32) Servile (32) Reproving (32) Consummate (33) Expedient (33) Uncensured (34) Horrid (35) Scanty (35) Inferred (37) Galling (39) Manifestation (39) Providence (39) Deemed (39) Interposition (39) Incur (39) Abhorrence (39) Tranquil (40) Perplexing (41) Vestige (42) Atrocious (42) Odium (42) Emaciated (42) Strategems (43) Depravity (43) Divest (43) Precepts (43) Denunciation (45) Vindication (45) Anguish (45) Writhed (45) Treacherous (47) Profligate (50) Dissipation (50) Loathing (51) Base (51) Destitute (55) Sanction (56) Pretensions (56) Exhorter (56) Sagacity (56) Lacerated (57) Benevolent (57) Pernicious (57) Lingering (60) Perpetrating (61) Devotional (61) Discordant (62) Languished (63) Apostrophe (63) Goaded (64) Sundry (66) Quailed (68) Industrious (70) Merriments (70) Insurrection (70) Dissipation (71) Wallowing (71) Sanctifier (72) Presumptuous (73) Flogging (73) Propriety (81) Calamity (81) Taunting (82) Hectoring (84) Indignation (85) Liabilities (86) Imputations (88) Exculpate (88) Fetters (88) Myriads (89) Commensurate (89) Relinquish (90) Ardor (93) Vigilance (94) Spartan (96) Betokened (97) Dilapidated (97)
 * Douglass Vocab**

//Their Eyes Were Watching God// Vocab:

> britches
 * **Chapter 1:**
 * horizon
 * resignation
 * sodden
 * relish
 * scorched
 * vigorously
 * treacherous
 * revelation
 * monstropolous
 * **Chapter 2:**
 * aggravating
 * inaudible
 * ecstatic
 * remorseless
 * pollinate
 * lacerate
 * desecrate
 * **Chapter 3:**
 * cosmic
 * mien
 * **Chapter 4:**
 * dazzling
 * skillet
 * **Chapter 5:**
 * saunter
 * disconsolate
 * broach
 * preside
 * percale
 * metropolis
 * innovation
 * banister
 * temerity
 * **Chapter 6:**
 * indulge
 * dilemma
 * disposition
 * orator
 * eulogy
 * distended
 * ponderous
 * hyperbole
 * compression
 * discomfiture
 * wallow
 * beseech
 * chasten
 * scornful
 * **Chapter 7:**
 * prosperous
 * pugnacious
 * promontory
 * fractions
 * commiserate
 * irresistible
 * **Chapter 8:**
 * scoundrel
 * relentlessly
 * ostentatiously
 * counterpane
 * lavish
 * futile
 * **Chapter 9:**
 * uninitiated
 * dominant
 * resurrection
 * cur
 * usurper
 * paunch
 * **Chapter 10:**
 * swagger
 * scimitar
 * gallant
 * quench
 * **Chapter 11:**
 * temporize
 * sullen
 * notion
 * transfiguration
 * newel post
 * **Chapter 12:**
 * endurable
 * proposition
 * languish
 * **Chapter 13:**
 * trolley car
 * bunion
 * hypocrite
 * feeble
 * **Chapter 14:**
 * phosphorescent
 * transient
 * flivver
 * clamor
 * suppress
 * **Chapter 15:**
 * maul
 * **Chapter 16:**
 * compelling
 * luxurious
 * mingle
 * fanatical
 * sacrilege
 * dwindle
 * homage
 * indiscriminate
 * unattainable
 * seraph
 * desecrator
 * transmutation
 * **Chapter 17:**
 * pamper
 * stagger
 * fracas
 * **Chapter 18:**
 * lisp
 * horde
 * peevish
 * velocity
 * turbulent
 * oblique
 * hackles
 * **Chapter 19:**
 * trifle
 * malice
 * dishevelment
 * privy,
 * disgorge
 * serum
 * supplication
 * pallet
 * delirium
 * bailiff
 * wanton

//Gatsby// Vocab

1. levity (1)

2. epigram (4)

3.  **supercilious (7)**

4. fractiousness (7)

5. pungent (8)

6. incredulously (11)

7.  **languidly ( 12 )**


 * 8. complacency ( 14) **

9.  **peremptorily (20)**

10. transcendent (23)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">11. oculist (23)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">12. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **contiguous ( 24 )**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">13. proprietary (30)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">14. ectoplasm (30)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">15 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">. hauteur (31) **

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">16. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **strident (36)**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">17. prodigality (40) **

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">18. contemptuous (42)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">19. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **sauntered (43)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">20 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">. vacuous (47) **

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">21. echolalia (50)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">22. convivial (50)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">23. jauntiness (51)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">24. vinous (51)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">25. caterwauling (56)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">26. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **subterfuges (59)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">27. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **punctilious (64)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">28. disconcerting (65)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">29. retribution (65)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">30. non-olfactory (69)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">31. somnambulatory (70)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">32. succulent ( 71 )

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">33. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **denizen (74)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">34. splendor (79)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">35. gaudily (84)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">36. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **harrowed (86)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">37. defunct (87)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">38. distraught (87)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">39. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **vestige (90)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">40. postern (91)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">41. dishevelled (92)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">42. corrugated (94)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">43. pompadour(95)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">44. nebulous (95)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">45. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **laudable (98)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">46. notoriety (98)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">47. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **insidious (98)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">48. Platonic (99)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">49. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **meretricious (99)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">50. conceits ( 9 9 )

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">51. ineffable ( 99 )

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">52. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **oblivious (100)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">53. ramification ( 100)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">54. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **turgid ( 100)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">55. debauchee ( 101)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">56. septic ( 107 )

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">57. dilatory ( 110)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">58. caravansary (114)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">59. scalloped (118)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">60. precipitately (125)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">61. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **portentous (128)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">62. vicariously (131)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">63. sagely (132)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">64. rancor (133)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">65. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **magnanimous (136)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">66. expostulation (139)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">67. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **truculent (141)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">68. despicable (144)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">69. humidor (147)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">70. redolent (148)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">71. ravenously (149)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">72. unscrupulously (149)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">73. grail (149)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">74. corroborate (154)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">75. garrulous (156)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">76. morbid (159)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">77. fortuitously (162)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">78. amorphous (162)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">79. proteges (162)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">80. corrugated (162)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">81. adventitious (164)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">82. pasquinade (164)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">83. superfluous (166)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">84. ulster (167)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">85. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **pandered (182)**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">86. orgiastic (182)

Vocabulary: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

valise (374) asphyxiate (374) organdy (374) sachet (374) pickaninny (375) John Wesley (375) courted (376) disposition (377) dilated (380) wrath (380) jaunty (381) embossed (381) gaped (382) predicament (382) flogged (385) ambling (386) parched (387)

"A Rose for Emily"

cupolas (155) encroached (155) obliterated (155) coquettish (155) bemused (155) perpetuity (156) archaic (156) tarnished (156) diffident (158) deprecation (158) spraddled (159) vindicated (159) condolence (159) jalousies (160) circumvent (162) thwarted (162) virulent (162) impervious (163) perverse (163) doddering (163) sibilant (163) bier (163) pervading (164) acrid (164) pall (164) valance (164) inextricable (164)

"The Swimmer" cassock (99) clement (100) stertorously (100) cartographer (100) inexplicable (100) clemency (101) beneficence (101) hospitable (101) uproarious (101) refracted (101) provincial (103) peculiar (103) torrential (104) apprehension (104) portage (104) jeered (104) obduracy (104) shrill (105) stagnant (105) jostled (105) treacherous (106) zealous (106) valorous (107) bellicosely (108) rebuffed (108) illicit (109) cerulean (109)