Vocabulary+and+Roots+and+Resources




 * Unit 4 - Quiz on Friday, Dec. 7**
 * irony** (much irony in //Sir Gawain and the Green Knight//, making the characters' actions difficult judge one way or another - there's room for interpretation.)
 * ambivalence** (again, the tone is such)
 * ambiguous** (the author leaves the tone as such)
 * infer/inference** (in Vocab. Book) (the reader must make his/her own...)
 * chastity** (one of the 5 Knightly Virtues)
 * paragon** (Knights of the Round Table became paragons of chivalry)
 * accentuate**
 * slacken**
 * roisterous**
 * comely**
 * melee**
 * recreant**
 * foretold**
 * erudite** (in Vocab. Book)
 * aura** (in Vocab. Book)
 * literal**

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 * Unit 3 - Quiz on Friday, Nov. 9**

Play around with these two sites if you want to. They make learning the words FUN.

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/games.cfm?sp=student&level=F

http://www.vocabtest.com/

http://quizlet.com/subject/vocabulary-workshop/