Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Biggest question of the year...

For those of you that kept on asking.....It's a boy.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Extra Credit "Bad Characters"

You will receive 15 points extra credit if you define all of the following vocabulary words from the story "Bad Characters". The definitions must be dictionary-style. The definitions must fit the context of the story. I prefer that your list be typed but it is not required.

The last day to turn in this list is January 6, 2010. You may email your list to me.

1. Ardent (88)
2. Indignation (88)
3. Vilely (88)
4. Pious (88)
5. Prim (88)
6. Irrevocable (88)
7. Slander (88)
8. Invective (88)
9. Alienated (89)
10. Glaze (89)
11. Famine (89)
12. Loathed (89)
13. Bullwhack (89)
14. Scabbards (89)
15. Chloroform (89)
16. Polecat (89)
17. Mania (89)
18. Foolhardy (90)
19. Bootlegger (90)
20. Euphemism (90)
21. Aghast (90)
22. Sanitariums (91)
23. Conspicuous (91)
24. Pasty (91)
25. Terrarium (91)
26. Contrary (91)
27. Geraniums (91)
28. Confronted (91)
29. Prodigious (89)
30. Sidelong (92)
31. Flagrance (92)
32. Consoled (92)
33. Towhead (92)
34. Parcheesi (92)
35. Bureau (93)
36. Lavender (93)
37. Gauze (93)
38. Chamois (93)
39. Linen (93)
40. Filmy (93)
41. Fascinator (93)
42. Bygone (93)
43. Mosaic (93)
44. Camisoles (93)
45. Transformation (93)
46. Racily (93)
47. Bobbed (93)
48. Cloisonné (93)
49. Flask (93)
50. Perplexed (93)
51. Parlor (93)
52. Pier (93)
53. Jackstones (93)
54. Ramshackle (94)
55. Pathos (94)
56. Boastfulness (94)
57. Patronized (94)
58. Dago red (94)
59. Tapioca (95)
60. Gaudy (95)
61. Cynical (95)
62. Lank (96)
63. Nits (96)
64. Amiable (96)
65. Hootnanny (96)
66. Appraising (96)
67. Alter (96)
68. Severe (96)
69. Contempt (97)
70. Agitation (97)
71. Misconduct (98)
72. Vary (98)
73. Monotony (98)
74. Aspen (98)
75. Garters (98)
76. Trolley (98)
77. Whirled (98)
78. Snappish (99)
79. Weltschmerzlich (99)
80. Proposition (100)
81. Monomania (100)
82. Conscience (100)
83. Trinket (100)
84. Sentimental (100)
85. Pinochle (101)
86. Intimidating (101)
87. Haberdashery (101)
88. Piping (101)
89. Bespoke (101)
90. Aura (101)
91. Infamous (101)
92. Ransack (101)
93. Protruded (102)
94. Hotfooted (102)
95. Pilfers (102)
96. Cross-stitch (102)
97. Runner (102)
98. Interminable (102)
99. Shaming (102)
100. Legend (102)
101. Mite (102)
102. Middy (102)
103. Abortive (103)
104. Hullabaloo (103)
105. Subsided (103)
106. Hemorrhage (103)
107. Boudoir (104)
108. Mesmerized (105)
109. Lily-livered (105)
110. Galoshes (105)
111. Waistcoat (105)
112. Appliqued (106)
113. Cowcatcher (106)
114. Stucco (106)
115. Gazebo (106)
116. Aborigines (106)
117. Insouciant (107)
118. Repository (107)
119. Unsettling (107)
120. Larceny (108)
121. Emboldened (109)
122. Swaggering (109)
123. Tinsel (109)
124. Poinsettias (109)
125. Deliberative (110)
126. Asbestos (110)
127. Floorwalker (110)
128. Harried (110)
129. Mottled (110)
130. Vexation (110)
131. Pandemonium (110)
132. Gaiety (110)
133. Baffled (110)
134. Vermilion (110)
135. Bedlam (110)
136. Giddy (110)
137. Seedy (111)
138. Mucilage (111)
139. Vaguely (111)
140. Condescending (111)
141. Accomplice (112)
142. Cornucopia (112)
143. Idiosyncrasy (112)
144. Preliminaries (112)
145. Crucial (112)
146. Astonished (113)
147. Clamor (113)
148. Crockery (113)
149. Array (113)
150. Bewilderment (113)
151. Scurvy (113)
152. Dumb (113)
153. Decamped (114)
154. Afflicted (114)
155. Fraudulent (114)
156. Curmudgeon (115)
157. Nurtured (115)
158. Prig (115)
159. Stigma (115)
160. Arose (115)
161. Hemlocks (116)
162. Grandiloquent (88)