For Faust you're required to make at least TWO vocabulary posts during the course of the play.
Each post should look like this:
Word (that you didn't know the definition of or were unsure of)
Context (give the sentence that it appeared in)
Definition (after looking up meanings, write a definition of the word in your own words)
Sentence (come up with your own interesting sentence that uses the word in context)
Be sure you don't repeat a word that's already been done, and be sure to sign your name at the end!
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Macrocosm
ReplyDelete"He opens the book and sees the sign of the macrocosm" 35 428-429
Macrocosm (Noun) : The great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole.
A Macrocosm holds all humans and is/ could be controlled by the great earth spirit.
{[Nicole LaBelle}]
Tawdrier
ReplyDelete"I can think of nothing tawdrier in the world than a devil who despairs" (303).
Tawdry (Adj)- Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance
The boots he bought were tawdry and fell apart an hour after they were purchased.
Kelsey Guilford
Good start ladies.
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Austere
ReplyDelete"Drift toward me from rocky walls and dew-soaked bushes and temper meditation's austere pleasure" (293).
simple or unadorned; serious, severe, lacking softness.
The man's austere office consisted of a single desk and lamp, completely devoid of modern technology.
Sieve
ReplyDelete"What about that sieve" (203)
n. A utensil of wire mesh or closely perforated metal, used for straining, sifting, ricing, or puréeing.
The man put sand through the sieve so that he could see if he had gold in the soil.
{[Nicole LaBelle}]
Pert
ReplyDelete"How pert and curt she was with me- a sheer delight, an ecstacy!" (225)
Adjective. Forward in speech or action, presumptuous.
The man reacted in a pert manner by deflecting the girls invitation because of her looks.
-Amanda Ramstrom
Lectern
ReplyDelete"So you can see that only what stands written is spoken from the lectern's height"(151).
Noun. A table with a slanted top, often used to hold the bible or lecture piece on.
The Priest went to grab the homily from the lectern, but it fell before he could.
-Amanda R
Precocious
ReplyDelete"Mark their precocious counsel to pleasure and action!" (127).
adjective. unusually advanced or mature in development.
Because she was rather precocious, the young girl was given the oppurtunity to skip a grade.
-Kelsey F.
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ReplyDelete*Sorry, the first one didn't show up on the page! So I just redid it.
ReplyDeleteRecumbent
"Do I see in her recumbent shape the form and essence of the heavens?" (205).
adjective. laying down; reclining; leaning.
The girls all lay in a recumbent manner by the poolside on the hot summer days.
-Kelsey F.
Paragon
ReplyDelete"No! No! The paragon of womankind should come before you in the flesh"(223).
Paragon (adj)-A model or pinnacle of something, only the best.
The man was a paragon of salesman, using his charm to sell his items rapidly.
-Shelby
quid pro quo
ReplyDelete"But something of a quid pro quo will be required" (267).
quid pro quo (noun) - Latin, meaning one thing in return for another
In order to buy the pusiness a quid pro quo agreement had to take place.
-Allison
manifold
ReplyDelete"He is a man of manifold degrees" (219).
manifold (adj.) - numerous or having many kinds of
The construction man had a shed of manifold tools.
-Allison
Accrue
ReplyDelete"That nothing perfect ever can accrue to Man"(293).
accrue(verb):to increase or add to, accumulate
Over many years, the man managed to accrue a valuable collection of baseball cards.
-Shelby
Word: myriad
ReplyDeleteContext: And the mice of myriad colors, far and near,(353)
Definition: innumerable
Sentence: Myriad lady bugs have infested my house. Save me.
-Sydney
Robust
ReplyDelete“The one with robust love’s desires clings to the world with all its might…”(87).
Definition: adj. strongly or stoutly built
The robust buildings were able to withstand the dangerous weather conditions this past winter.
-Danielle
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ReplyDeleteRumination
ReplyDelete“Leave off your ruminations, and go with me into the teeming world!”(141).
Definition: act of pondering; meditation.
Everyone has their own way of ruminating after a long, hard day of work that works for them.
-Danielle
**sorry for posting the other one twice!
Azure
ReplyDelete"... And sweeping, skyward aspirations when up above, forlorn in azure space, the lark sends out a lusty melody..."(85).
Definition: adjective; of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.
While on a picnic me and friend looked up at the azure sky, until the clouds came in and ruined the sight.
Haley
Interesting word choices. I like the myriad ladybugs! :)
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Prerogative
ReplyDelete"I must invoke my old prerogatives"(363).
Noun. A right given to certain person or group.
For many years, voting was a prerogative of only white males.
Marshaled
ReplyDelete"I wish that I could free myself from terrible thoughts marshaled against me" (343).
To arrange, place, or set in methodical order.
The little girl marshaled the dolls before she played with them.
Kelsey G.
Lovely.
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CAROUSING
ReplyDelete"When I and my companions were CAROUSING and we all saw fit to boast a little, and would proudly raise our glass...I sat quietly and unconcerned, took in the swaggering and the nooisy babble and stroked my beard and smiled in satisfaction" (327, 3620)
DEFINITION: adj. used to descibe party goers in this sentence, rowdy, noisy, merrymaking
MY SENTENCE: As I slowly drove up his street, I became increasingly nervous. I finally reached the house, which seemed to be glowing from the lights inside and the bustle around it. People spilling out of every inch, falling in their drunken stupor. The carousing scene was more than I could handle. The house was a rowdy mess of party goers. My first house party was going to have to wait for another day. This was too much for me.
~julia lynne
FETTERED
ReplyDelete"(FAUST)...She is gliding slowly from her place; she appears to move with fettered feet..." (pg 379)
(adj) chained or shacked by the feet
Jacob Marley pointed a fierce hand to his bare, fettered feet as he screeched, "BEWARE SCROOGE!"
-Annalise
CADAVERS
ReplyDelete"(FAUST)...and ringed by sundry bones and parched cadavers." (pg 35)
(noun) a corpse, usually to be dissected
The 3 year old girl pointed to the ghost-white body in front of her and said to her scientist mother, "mother dear, this cadaver scares me so. Please remove it from my sight before I have a childish fit of discomfort."
-Annalise
CORROSIVE
ReplyDelete"No dagger here from which no blood has spurted, no cup from which CORROSIVE poison has not flowed into a healthy body; no gem that did not trip a lovely maiden, no sword that did not slash through sacred trusts or pierce an adversary from behind." (371, 4106)
DEFINITION:(adj.) a substnce espescially strong acid, capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
p. 371, line 4106
MY SENTENCE: The acid, despite its corrosive and destructive disposition, can be used to clean the dirt off a metal bracelet or ring. But only under appropriate supervision and when it is diluted correctly, will the acid wear away the dirt.
peace out cub scouts,
~julia.
Voracious
ReplyDelete"Don't bare your voracious teeth at me! You make me sick!" (401)
(Adj.) eager to eat a great amount of food.
The voracious lion ferociously pounced into the herd of gazels in order to satisfy his hungry stomach.
-Jeff
Incandescent
ReplyDelete"Suddenly there is a geyser of sparks like incandescent grains of sand. And look! The mountain wall from top to bottom ignites and seems on fire." (355)
(Adj.) able to emit light after being heated.
Due to intense heat, incandescent light bulbs have been known to ignite fires while they are touching flamable materials.
-Jeff
Prate
ReplyDelete"Useless conversation! Dally and prate."(423)
(verb) to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble
The young teenagers prated incessantly until the teacher yelled at them to silence themselves.
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Catechize
"I took in every small detail;
now Herr Doktor has been catechized--" (317)
(Verb) to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, esp. in Christian doctrine.
The priest glared at his rebellious students, whose spitballs were ruining his noble attempt to catechize the young heretics.
Your one and only,
Daniel Tomas McNulty
Grandsire
ReplyDelete"Perhaps on Christmas Eve, in gratitude, my round-cheeked sweetheart kissed her grandsire's wilted hand." (233)
(Noun) an aged man
As I was walking by the nursing home down the street, I saw many grandsires walking around in the bright sunlight.
Zither
"To the devil with your zither first, and then to hell with you, you troubadour!" (333)
(Noun) a musical instrument, consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings stretched over it, that is placed on a horizontal surface and played with a plectrum and the fingertips
When Jane walked by the baby's room, she could hear the soothing harmonies of a zither coming from the mobile above the crib.
Kyle S.
aperture
ReplyDeletean opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap, etc.
I had to adjust the aperture before climbing into my tree house, making it so that I could fit in.
- Haley
"A giant stopper will ensure that you can fill the aperture" (373)
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