Honors English 9 Vocabulary - Fall 2020

Here are our new Vocab procedures, starting with List #5:
  1. Click on this week's list below.
  2. LOG IN to StudyStack.
  3. By this Friday, complete four of the activities at the bottom of the StudyStack page, INCLUDING the "Test."  I won't record this grade until you do three activities and the Test.
  4. If you don't get at least 90% on the test, do it again until you do.
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List #6 (Animal Farm, chapters 6-10)

List #5 (Animal Farm, chapters 1-5)

List #4 ("Life of Pi")
  1. advice = a suggestion
  2. advise = to give a suggestion
  3. breath = (noun) air going in and out of your lungs
  4. breathe = (verb) to take air into your lungs and out again
  5. envelop = (verb) to surround completely
  6. envelope = like you put a letter in
  7. lead = (1) to be in charge; (2) a type of metal
  8. led = past tense of "lead"
  9. pray = to ask for help or offer praise
  10. prey = to hunt for food
  11. irresolvable = impossible to solve
  12. predatory = inclined to prey on others
  13. adversary = enemy or opponent
  14. willful = stubborn
  15. remarkable = extraordinary
  16. proposition = a suggested plan
  17. capacity = ability, potential
  18. onslaught = a violent attack
  19. deliberate = on purpose (after thinking about it)
  20. sentient = able to feel things

List #3 ("American History")
  1. beside = next to
  2. besides = in addition to
  3. bored = not having fun
  4. board = a piece of wood or a group of people
  5. brake = make something stop
  6. break = damage something
  7. cereal = what many people eat for breakfast
  8. serial = coming one after another
  9. eager = excited about what's going to happen
  10. anxious = worried about what's going to happen
  11. anticipate = expect something to happen
  12. infatuated = very strong but short-lived "love"
  13. enthralled = very interested in something
  14. devoted = very loving or loyal
  15. elation = excited happiness
  16. impulse = a sudden and strong desire
  17. elaborate = very fancy
  18. forbidden = not allowed
  19. prodigy = a very talented child
  20. accompany = go with someone

List #2 ("Future Me")
  1. accept = receive something  [verb]
  2. except = not including
  3. access = the right/ability to use something or go somewhere​
  4. excess = more than enough
  5. affect = to make a difference [verb]
  6. effect = result/change [noun]
  7. assure = promise something will happen
  8. ensure = make sure something happens
  9. insure = repay you if something bad happens
  10. apparently = ​the way it looks on the surface
  11. dissecting = cutting apart
  12. distinguished = professional; deserving respect
  13. civilians = people who aren't soldiers or law enforcement officers
  14. colleagues = people you work with
  15. inevitably = in a way that can't be stopped
  16. initiate = start
  17. modification = change (usually small)
  18. phenomenon = event; activity
  19. surfacing = coming to the top
  20. theoretically = the way it's supposed to work

List #1 ("Grrr!")
  1. a lot = a bunch
  2. alot = [not a word]
  3. a part = a section
  4. apart = not together
  5. all ready = all prepared
  6. already = done in the past
  7. all right = okay, good
  8. alright = [not really an accepted word]
  9. all together = all in a group
  10. altogether = completely, entirely
  11. aggressive = likely to become violent
  12. bystanders = people watching but not involved
  13. circulating = going around
  14. encountered = found
  15. enhance = make better, improve
  16. havoc = destruction
  17. inoculate = treat someone with a vaccine
  18. mutate = change
  19. pathetic = pitiful, awful
  20. replicate = make an exact copy