Vocab List # 8
1. abeyance- a state of temporary disuse or suspension
2. ambivalent- having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas of something or someone
3. beleaguer- set with difficulties
4. carte blanche- complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks
5. cataclysm- a large-scale and violent event in the natural world
6. debauch- destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt
7. eclat- enthusiastic approval
8. fastidious- very attentive and concerned about accuracy and detial
9. gambol- run or jump about playfully
10. imbue- inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality
11. inchoate- just begun and not so fully formed or developed
12. lampoon- publicly criticized (someone or something) by using ridicule or sarcasm
13. malleable- easily influenced; pliable
14. nemesis- the inescapable or implacable agent of someones or somethings downfall
15. opt- make a choice of a range of possibilities
16. philistine- a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them
17. picaresque- of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero
18. queasy- nauseated; feeling sick
19. refractory- stubborn or unmanageable
20. savior-fair - the ability to act and speak appropriately in social situations
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Reflection on Midterm
1) I studied the days prior to the test and felt some what confident. But coming to the test and sitting there just waiting I told myself to be confident and just relax and basically have a positive attitude while taking the test.
2) I didn't give myself enough time to study as much as I would have liked too. And when i was taking the test I was surprised in how many words I did remember and didn't leave so many blanked. But there were those blank moments were i just could not remember the word and the extra help in studying would of helped more.
3) After the taking the test, through out the day I was just going over some of the words that I still remembered and would just keep telling myself the definitions. I want the words to stick and am going to have to get use to putting the words into context. To keep practicing them.
4) Next time I am going to take the test much more seriously and be even more confident and just believe in myself more so I can receive the result I want to earn.
1) I studied the days prior to the test and felt some what confident. But coming to the test and sitting there just waiting I told myself to be confident and just relax and basically have a positive attitude while taking the test.
2) I didn't give myself enough time to study as much as I would have liked too. And when i was taking the test I was surprised in how many words I did remember and didn't leave so many blanked. But there were those blank moments were i just could not remember the word and the extra help in studying would of helped more.
3) After the taking the test, through out the day I was just going over some of the words that I still remembered and would just keep telling myself the definitions. I want the words to stick and am going to have to get use to putting the words into context. To keep practicing them.
4) Next time I am going to take the test much more seriously and be even more confident and just believe in myself more so I can receive the result I want to earn.
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