1. VOCABULARY 6 Austin English 11

2. Aspersion Does aspersion mean: Damaging or false statement Damaging or false statement High praise High praise Unkind remarks Unkind remarks true evaluations true evaluations

3. Deprecate Does deprecate mean: To lower oneself To lower oneself To express pessimism To express pessimism To belittle To belittle To lessen To lessen

4. Deride Does deride mean: To be incompetent To be incompetent To argue To argue To investigate To investigate To mock To mock

5. Execrable Does execrable mean: Extremely inferior Extremely inferior Important Important Easily explained Easily explained Emotional Emotional

6. Ostracize Does ostracize mean: To include To include To shun To shun To rotate To rotate To confess guilt To confess guilt

7. Rebuke Does rebuke mean: Threatened Threatened Praises Praises Reprimand sharply Reprimand sharply Ignores Ignores

8. Scurrilous Does scurrilous mean: quick movement quick movement To wrongly accuse To wrongly accuse Foul mouthed attack Foul mouthed attack To excite To excite

9. Spurn Does spurn mean: To beg To beg To command To command To flatter To flatter To reject To reject

10. Vitriolic Does vitriolic mean: Mild Mild Harsh Harsh Humorous Humorous Unnecessary Unnecessary

11. Vituperation Does vituperation mean: Sustained, bitter attack Sustained, bitter attack The highest point The highest point Punishment Punishment Payment as a reward Payment as a reward

12. Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin's first novel, describes the course of the fourteenth birthday of John Grimes in Harlem, 1935. Baldwin also uses extended flashback episodes to recount the lives of John's parents and aunt and to link this urban boy in the North to his slave grandmother in an earlier South. The first section follows John's thoughts, the second mostly his aunt's, the third his father's, the fourth his mother's, and the fifth again mostly John's. Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin's first novel, describes the course of the fourteenth birthday of John Grimes in Harlem, 1935. Baldwin also uses extended flashback episodes to recount the lives of John's parents and aunt and to link this urban boy in the North to his slave grandmother in an earlier South. The first section follows John's thoughts, the second mostly his aunt's, the third his father's, the fourth his mother's, and the fifth again mostly John's.

13. The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck Pre Rev China The story begins on Wang Lung's wedding day and follows the rise and fall of his fortunes. The House of Hwang, a family of wealthy landowners, lives in the nearby town, and Wang Lung's wife is a slave there. As the House of Hwang slowly declines due to opium use, frequent spending, and uncontrolled borrowing, Wang Lung, through his own hard work and the skill of his wife, O-Lan, slowly earns enough to buy land from the Hwang family. O-Lan delivers two sons and two girls, the first becomes mentally handicapped as a result of severe malnutrition brought on by famine. Her father greatly pities her and calls her "Poor Fool," a name by which she is addressed throughout her life. The second baby girl O-Lan kills immediately and is left out to be eaten by a dog by Wang Lung. Wang LungopiumO-LanWang LungopiumO-Lan

14. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad Jim (his surname is never disclosed), a young British seaman, becomes first mate on a ship full of pilgrims travelling to Mecca. In a momentary lapse (whether from courage, judgement, instinct or other) during an accident, Jim joins his captain and other crew members in abandoning the ship and its passengers. A few days later, they are picked up by a British ship. However, the Patna and its passengers are later also saved, and the reprehensible actions of the crew are exposed. The other miscreants evade justice, leaving Jim to face a court of inquiry alone. The court strips him of his navigation command certificate for his dereliction of duty. Jim is angry with himself, both for his moment of weakness, and for missing an opportunity to be a 'hero'. Jim (his surname is never disclosed), a young British seaman, becomes first mate on a ship full of pilgrims travelling to Mecca. In a momentary lapse (whether from courage, judgement, instinct or other) during an accident, Jim joins his captain and other crew members in abandoning the ship and its passengers. A few days later, they are picked up by a British ship. However, the Patna and its passengers are later also saved, and the reprehensible actions of the crew are exposed. The other miscreants evade justice, leaving Jim to face a court of inquiry alone. The court strips him of his navigation command certificate for his dereliction of duty. Jim is angry with himself, both for his moment of weakness, and for missing an opportunity to be a 'hero'. Mecca

15. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison The narrator begins telling his story with the claim that he is an “invisible man.” His invisibility, he says, is not a physical condition—he is not literally invisible—but is rather the result of the refusal of others to see him. He says that because of his invisibility, he has been hiding from the world, living underground and stealing electricity from the Monopolated Light & Power Company. He burns 1,369 light bulbs simultaneously and listens to Louis Armstrong’s “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue” on a phonograph. He says that he has gone underground in order to write the story of his life and invisibility.

16. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley In a series of letters, Robert Walton, the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole, recounts to his sister back in England the progress of his dangerous mission. Successful early on, the mission is soon interrupted by seas full of impassable ice. Trapped, Walton encounters Victor Frankenstein, who has been traveling by dog- drawn sledge across the ice and is weakened by the cold. Walton takes him aboard ship, helps nurse him back to health, and hears the fantastic tale of the monster that Frankenstein created. In a series of letters, Robert Walton, the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole, recounts to his sister back in England the progress of his dangerous mission. Successful early on, the mission is soon interrupted by seas full of impassable ice. Trapped, Walton encounters Victor Frankenstein, who has been traveling by dog- drawn sledge across the ice and is weakened by the cold. Walton takes him aboard ship, helps nurse him back to health, and hears the fantastic tale of the monster that Frankenstein created.

17. Lilaposophobia A fear of tornadoes and hurricanes