Warm Up: Anthem Vocabulary Monday Transgression (noun) (Part One): violation of a law or command The laws say that none among men may be alone, ever and at any time, for this is the great transgression and the root of all evil. 2. Atone (verb) (Part One): to make up for (make amends for) a crime or offense We knew we had been guilty, but now we had a way to atone for it.

Warm Up: Anthem Vocabulary Tuesday Toil (verb) (Part One): work hard without stopping The plays are about toil and how good it is. Fathom (verb) (Part Five): to understand But tonight, for a reason we cannot fathom we wish it were possible to us to know the likeness of our own person.

Warm Up: Anthem Vocabulary Wednesday Wretch (noun) (Part Seven): one who is unhappy, unfortunate, or despicable …we have much to say to a wretch who have broken all the laws and who boast of their infamy! Whim (noun) (Part Seven): a sudden desire or change of mind, particularly one that is unusual or unexpected Therefore it cannot be destroyed by the whim of one.

Warm Up: Anthem Vocabulary Thursday Reverence (noun) (Part Ten): deep respect for someone or something And yet it stirs no fear within our heart, but only silent reverence and pity. Vindicate (verb) (Part Eleven): show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified And my happiness needs no higher aim to vindicate it.

Warm Up: Anthem Vocabulary Friday Covet (verb) (Part Eleven): deep desire to have or possess something I covet no man’s soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet. Depraved (adjective) (Part Eleven): morally corrupt or wicked It is the word by which the depraved steal the virtue of the good.