1. Vocabulary Picture Illustrations Unit 3 Academic English 3

2. "I Hear America Singing" blithe robust ploughboy (plowboy)

3. ploughboy (plowboy) (noun) - a country boy; one who leads a team of animals The young ______ lead the cows to the pasture.

4. robust (adj) - full of health and strength; vigorous. The __________ old man claims to still eat 6000 calories a day.

5. blithe (adj) - filled with gaiety; cheerful; carefree After their team won the game, the kids celebrated with __________________ cheers!

6. "Song of Myself" creeds abeyance loaf harbor suffice transpire yawp scud eddies lacy jags bequeath

7. suffice (v) -satisfied with The big mac and large french fries ______ the man's hunger.

8. abeyance (n) - the state of being put aside or suspended temporarily Since there was much disagreement at the council meeting about the tax increase, the vote was left in _______ until a later meeting.

9. eddies (correction - NOUN) - swirling currents The Pequod, in MOBY-DICK, is about to sink into an ______________ after the whale brought forth complete destruction.

10. transpire (v): to emerge; to ooze out The fire began to _________________ from every crevice of the house.

11. harbor (VERB) - to have or nourish a feeling for something She _________________ a grudge toward her brother for 10 years.

12. yawp (v) - to cry aloud; loud, rough speech The warrior sounded his barbaric ____________ before running into the battle field!

13. bequeath (v) - to leave to a person or another beneficiary by will Upon my death, I ______ my entire stamp collection to my only son.

14. creeds (n) - a formal statement of religious belief; systems of belief, principles, or opinions Each religion has its own set of __________ or doctrines.

15. scud (n)- wind-blown cloud The _________ floated past the tree in the sky.

16. loaf (v) - (verb) to spend time aimlessly After his long day at work, all he felt like doing was __________ing on the couch.

17. lacy jags (adj-noun) – a period of uncontrolled activity; figuratively giving oneself to something They lost themselves in the ________ of dancing.

18. "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" civility gossamer tulle cornice tippet surmised

19. gossamer (n) - a thin, light cloth In order to complete my sewing project, I needed to get ________ for the outside layer of my dress.

20. tulle (n) – a fine, often starched net The wedding veil was made out of a fabric that was a stiff netting, like ________________.

21. surmised (v) - to infer something without conclusive evidence Most people _________________ that OJ Simpson was guilty, even though the evidence made that verdict questionable.

22. tippet (n) - a shawl The woman put on her _________ before she went outside.

23. civility (n) - politeness Michael Jackson showed a great amount of to E.T. when he visited the planet.

24. cornice (n) -the molding around the top of a building The ________ was very detailed and made the building look very professional.

25. Catcher In The Rye ostracize ironical innumerable rostrum chiffonier halitosis incognito burlesque nonchalant bourgeois blase boisterous digression pedagogical stenographer brawl

26. innumerable (adj) - Too numerous to be counted: numberless The amount of gumballs in the machine seemed innumerable to the little girl.

27. ostracize (v) - to exclude from a group by common consent The squares ________ the ball because he was round.

28. halitosis (n) - a condition of having fetid breath It seemed that the man had where he actually had just eatten a bunch of onions

29. ironical (adj) - given to irony Isn't it ________________ that it would rain on a wedding day?

30. blase (adj) - apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive enjoyment The frog is ________ towards the party he went to last night.

31. chiffonier (n) - a high narrow chest of drawers The girl rummaged through each drawer in the __________, looking for an outfit to wear for the day.

32. burlesque (adj) - of relating to or having charscteristics of burlesque; (noun)mockery or comic imitation This girl is making a _______________ mockery on an olive tree.

33. boisterous (adj) - durable; strong; a noisy disturbance; rowdy A large and_______crowd attended the concert.

34. incognito (n) - One appearing or living incognito; the state of/or disguise The movie star's attempts to go out in public _________ never worked; the paparazzi always saw through his disguise.

35. digression (n) - a going aside; the act or an instance of digreesing Her actions were something of a _______________________ from her usual behavior.

36. pedagogical (adj) - of relating to or befitting a teacher Because of her ________________ tendencies, she decided to major in Elementary Education.

37. rostrum (n) - a raised platform on a stage (for public speaking) The speaker spoke in front of a __________ on stage.

38. stenographer (n) -a writer of shorthand; one who is employed to take and transcribe dictation The student was assigned the role of _________ because an account of the meeting was necessary for later decisions.

39. nonchalant (adj) – apparently unconcerned or indifferent She tried to act _________________, but we could all tell she was curious to see her new roommate.

40. brawl (v) – to quarrel noisily Did the players have any idea that they would start such a ______________?

41. bourgeois (n) - a middle-class person The _____ father earned enough money to support is family for what they needed.