Tuesday, February 19, 2013
BALZAC ATLCS Vocabulary List
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Notice and Note
Here is a new note taking system that we will be using in class to help promote our analytic abilities. Remember that noticing is just the first step in analysis. The "note" part are moments that we expound from the signposts.
Vocabulary Chapter 1 of BATLCS
Monday, February 4, 2013
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Vocabulary: Quiz February 12th
•Audacity-- Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of
those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention.
•surreptitious-
Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means
•compromise- A settlement of differences
•dumbfounded- as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
•bourgeois- A person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by
conformity to the standards and conventions of the middle class.
•ambitious- Full of, characterized by, or motivated
•nil-
Nothing; zero.
•foisted- . To insert fraudulently or deceitfully
•Inquisition- A rigorous, harsh interrogation
•Limpid-Adjective
•(of a liquid) Free of
anything that darkens; completely clear
•Statutory- an act of a corporation or of its founder intended as a
permanent rule
•Denounces -to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or
evil<they denounced him as a bigot>
•Foisted-: to introduce or
insert surreptitiously or without warrant
•Vigilant -: alertly watchful especially to avoid danger
•— eva·sive·ly adverb
•Galvanized-b : to stimulate or
excite as if by an electric shock
•Officious
:
–Assertive
of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, esp. with regard to petty or
trivial matters.
•Exuded-exuded past
participle, past tense of ex·ude (Verb) def. Discharge
(moisture or a smell) slowly and steadily.
•Hearth-The
area in front of a fireplace.
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