1. DO NOW • Number 1-15. Write the vocabulary words on your page and then write the correct answer on the margin. • IF you have mastered these words, then GOOD FOR YOU! (ONLY 100% or 14/15 EXEMPTS YOU from QUIZ.) • You will complete a FRAYER model for the 4 most difficult words

2. 1. Abject • extremely bad, unpleasant and degrading • Wealthy, successful • Cowardly, avoids difficult situations. • Disparate

3. 2. archetype • Typical example of a certain person or thing. • Protagonist, a main character in a novel • The antagonist, or the evil character. • A personality trait of a character

4. 3. articulation • Process of putting ideas together • Explanation of a difficult concept • Formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech. • Speaking in slang, common dialect

5. 4. demise • A person’s birth • A person’s rebirth, or baptism • A person’s death • A person’s emotional state of being.

6. 5. eclectic • Understanding personality and inclusive • An odd, quirky sense of speech • An effervescent personality. • Deriving ideas, or style from a diverse range of sources.

7. 6. incongruity • State of being unsuitable, or inappropriate • Unrivaled and unparalleled • Unique and diverse sense of style • Perfectly in place, commonplace.

8. 7. incorrigible • Noble and worthy cause • Unable to correct, improve or reform. • Difficult to define, or to understand. • Eager and assertive

9. 8 ostensible • Authentic, honest • Unclear, vague • Appearing to be true, but not necessarily so. • Mean, sinister and sarcastic

10. 9. philosophical • universal questions posed by a doctor. • In search of experiments • study of religious beliefs • Of or relating to the fundamental nature of knowledge and existence.

11. 10. predilection • bias in favor of something. • Aversion to a type of food, or idea. • Pet peeve, something that annoys you. • Determined by previous experiences.

12. 11. propensity • Energetic personality and activity • Tendency to behave in a particular way • Fear of the unknown possibility awaiting • Predestined behaviors

13. 12. sacrilege • To promote a particular viewpoint • a violation of someone’s personal space • Proclamation of belief • Violation of what is sacred

14. 13. tenuous • very weak or slight • Strong and resilient • Overbearing and worried. • A Risky opportunity

15. 14. trajectory • Path described by a projectile flying • The projected distance between two objects • A predetermined destiny • Moving objects

16. 15. usury • annual tax rates • Illegal contract on a home purchase • Illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest. • Sensation that you are being used, or duped into purchasing something you cannot afford.

17. 1. Abject • extremely bad, unpleasant and degrading • Wealthy, successful • Cowardly, avoids difficult situations. • Disparate

18. 2. archetype • Typical example of a certain person or thing. • Protagonist, a main character in a novel • The antagonist, or the evil character. • A personality trait of a character

19. 3. articulation • Process of putting ideas together • Explanation of a difficult concept • Formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech. • Speaking in slang, common dialect

20. 4. demise • A person’s birth • A person’s rebirth, or baptism • A person’s death • A person’s emotional state of being.

21. 5. eclectic • Understanding personality and inclusive • An odd, quirky sense of speech • An effervescent personality. • Deriving ideas, or style from a diverse range of sources.

22. 6. incongruity • State of being unsuitable, or inappropriate • Unrivaled and unparalleled • Unique and diverse sense of style • Perfectly in place, commonplace.

23. 7. incorrigible • Noble and worthy cause • Unable to correct, improve or reform. • Difficult to define, or to understand. • Eager and assertive

24. 8 ostensible • Authentic, honest • Unclear, vague • Appearing to be true, but not necessarily so. • Mean, sinister and sarcastic

25. 9. philosophical • universal questions posed by a doctor. • In search of experiments • study of religious beliefs • Of or relating to the fundamental nature of knowledge and existence.

26. 10. predilection • bias in favor of something. • Aversion to a type of food, or idea. • Pet peeve, something that annoys you. • Determined by previous experiences.

27. 11. propensity • Energetic personality and activity • Tendency to behave in a particular way • Fear of the unknown possibility awaiting • Predestined behaviors

28. 12. sacrilege • To promote a particular viewpoint • a violation of someone’s personal space • Proclamation of belief • Violation of what is sacred

29. 13. tenuous • very weak or slight • Strong and resilient • Overbearing and worried. • A Risky opportunity

30. 14. trajectory • Path described by a projectile flying • The projected distance between two objects • A predetermined destiny • Moving objects

31. 15. usury • annual tax rates • Illegal contract on a home purchase • Illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest. • Sensation that you are being used, or duped into purchasing something you cannot afford.