1. Semester Review
English II Core-Fall-2015

2. Test Breakdown Total of 75 Questions Julius Caesar
Revising and Editing
Reading
Poetry
Vocabulary:

3. Vocabulary
Accolade: an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit
Affable: Friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to
Barren: Unable to have children
Beseech: Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something
Coffer: A treasure chest
Corroborate: confirm or give support to 
Conspirator: A person who takes part in a conspiracy
Disdain: Reject with contempt
Euphoric: characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness
Fortuitous: happening by a lucky chance; fortunate.
Fractious: difficult to control; unruly.
Imminent: it is about to happen
Indifferent: having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned

4. Inexorable: impossible to stop or prevent
Inextricable: impossible to disentangle or separate
Lamented: grieved for or regretted
Palpable: able to be touched or felt.
Portentous: An omen (also called portent or presage) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change
Prodigy: A person, esp. a young one, endowed with exceptional abilities.
Renegade: a  person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles.
Shrewd: to be good at judging people, intuitive
Skittish: excitable or easily scared
Subliminal: below the threshold of sensation or consciousness; perceived by or affecting someone's mind without their being aware of it
Tyrant: A cruel and oppressive ruler
Valor: when you act with a lot of courage