Vocab notes for U.S. Lit

Unit 3 Harass [v.]– Alienate [v.]— Inclement [adj.]— Craven [adj.]— Liquidate [v.]— Precedent [n.]— Muse [v.]— Artifice [n.]– Negligible [adj.]— Culinary [adj.]– Perpetuate [v.]— Punitive [adj.]– Redress [v.]— Sojourn [n.] Urbane [adj.]—

1. Their ~ behavior at the first sign of danger was a disgrace to the uniform they wore.

2. The coach took me off the starting team as a ~ measure for missing two days of practice.

3. As I lay under the old apple tree, I began to ~ on the strange twists of fate that had led to the present situation.

4. When the snowstorm lasted into a second day, we listened attentively to the radio to find out if our school was among those closed because of the ~ weather.

5. When planning our trip to the Southwest, we made sure to set aside two days for a ~ at the Grand Canyon.

6. When Grandfather stubbornly refused to eat his vegetables, he set a ~ that was immediately followed by the children.

7. Pestered by flies and mosquitoes

8. A polished manner that puts people at ease.

9. An attempt to correct past mistakes

10. To sell off poor stock investments

11. A pretense used to fool unwary customers

12. Negligible

13. Culinary

14. Alienate

15. Perpetuate

Unit 4– quiz Friday 11/13 Affiliated [adj.]— Panacea [n.] Bequeath [v.]— Scrupulous [adj.] Cogent [adj.]— Uncanny [adj.] Disperse [v.]— Venial [adj.] Esteem [v.]— Ascertain [v.] Finite [adj.]— Converge [v.] Invulnerable [adj.]— Expunge [v.] Malevolent [adj.] Skulk [v.] Nonchalant [adj.] Attainment [n.] Omniscient [adj.] Supercilious [adj.]