* Check for the book
* Introduce The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (just a few words)
* Vocabulary due on your block day.
Unit 3
1. adversary (n.) – an enemy, opponent
2. alienate (v.) – to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
3. artifice (n.) – a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
4. coerce (v.) – to compel, force
5. craven (adj.) – cowardly; (n.) a coward
6. culinary (adj.) – of or related to cooking or the kitchen
7. delete (v.) – to erase, wipe out, cut out
8. demise (n.) – a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
9. exhilarate (v.) – to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
10. fallow (adj.) – plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) – land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed
11. harass (v.) – to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
12. inclement (adj.) – stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
13. muse (v.) – to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
14. negligible (adj.) – so unimportant that it can be disregarded
15. perpetuate (v.) – to make permanent or long lasting
16. precedent (n.) – an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
17. punitive (adj.) – inflicting or aiming at punishment
18. redress (v.) – to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury
19. sojourn (n.) – a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time
20. urbane (adj.) – refined in manner or style, suave
HW: Read ch. 1
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