a) What do you know about Hamlet, the "Melancholy Dane"?
-Lion King!!
b) What do you know about Shakespeare?
-He married below himself pissing off his father... Iambic contaminator ... Mary and Elizabeth why don't you get along?
c) Why do so many students involuntarily frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare"?
-They lack the capability or desire to understand his craftsmanship
and
d) What can we do to make studying this play an amazing experience we'll never forget?
- Keep calm
Shakespeare on.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Vocabulary #6
Beatitude: supreme blessedness; exalted happiness
--They say Heaven will fill you with beatitude.
Bete noire: a person or thing especially dislike or dreaded; bane
--Voldemort's name was to be unspoken because he has a bete noire to the rewarding world.
Bode: to be an omen of; portend
--My three previous failures on AP tests might be a bode to my upcoming if I don't change my methods.
Dank: unpleasantly moist or humid; damp, and often, chilly
--The haunted house was dank, many children avoided it walking home.
Ecumenical: general, universal
--The foreign exchange club is a safe place for ecumenical students, no matte where they come from.
Fervid: heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc./burning, glowing, intensely hot
--When the artist was feeling it, he would work fervidly on a project nonstop and get it done in less than a day.
Fetid: having an offensive odor, stinking
--My brother's room is fervid so I like to spray glade into it.
Gargantuan: gigantic, enormous, colossal
--The titanic's last night was a gargantuan, and is still not forgotten.
Heyday: the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.
--During the company's heyday, it was raking in millions of dollars from customers from around the world.
Incubus: an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons,especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep/a nightmare/something that weighs upon or
oppresses one like a nightmare
--When I asked the women why she was selling her house, she began to yell and rant about an incubus that lived there and visited her every night...needless to say, I did not buy that house. I also do not talk to that woman anymore.
Infrastructure: the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization/thefundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation andcommunication systems, power plants, and schools
--One of the reasons why Rome fell was because of its crumbling infrastructure; perhaps we should be looking after ours a little better.
Inveigle: to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements/to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods
--He had to inveigle his mother and compliment her until she finally let him go to the concert on a school night.
Kudos: honor, glory, acclaim
--I give Kasie kudos for recognizing the word "kudos" in class today.
Lagniappe: a gratuity or tip/an unexpected or indirect benefit/a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of a compliment or for good measure; bonus
--The customers treated Jessica, the waitress, so well that she through in some extra dessert as a lagniappe on their way out.
Obsequious: characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning/servilely compliant and deferential
--Nobody cared much for the obsequious student; he proved himself a "teacher's pet" early in the year.
Prolix: extended to great, unnecessary or tedious length; long and wordy
--The professor's stories could have been around five minutes long, each, but she made themprolix and stretched them into twenty or more minutes.
Protege: a person under the patronage, care, or protection of someone who is interested in his/her care or welfare
--As my little cousin stared up at my kayaks, I imagined taking him out on a lake one day and having him as my little boating protege.
Prototype: the original model on which something is based or formed
--The prototype of the app needs allot of improvement before the app can go on the market.
Sycophant: a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
--High school is full of sycophants, in fact one can't even speak with out making sure she kisses ass.
Tautology: needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of theimmediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness/an instance of repetition
--My little cousin told me her mother was pregnant and would be having a little baby, her tautology made me smile.
Truckle: to submit or yield obsequeously or tamely
--My dog never listens to me. I wish she were more truckle.
--They say Heaven will fill you with beatitude.
Bete noire: a person or thing especially dislike or dreaded; bane
--Voldemort's name was to be unspoken because he has a bete noire to the rewarding world.
Bode: to be an omen of; portend
--My three previous failures on AP tests might be a bode to my upcoming if I don't change my methods.
Dank: unpleasantly moist or humid; damp, and often, chilly
--The haunted house was dank, many children avoided it walking home.
Ecumenical: general, universal
--The foreign exchange club is a safe place for ecumenical students, no matte where they come from.
Fervid: heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc./burning, glowing, intensely hot
--When the artist was feeling it, he would work fervidly on a project nonstop and get it done in less than a day.
Fetid: having an offensive odor, stinking
--My brother's room is fervid so I like to spray glade into it.
Gargantuan: gigantic, enormous, colossal
--The titanic's last night was a gargantuan, and is still not forgotten.
Heyday: the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.
--During the company's heyday, it was raking in millions of dollars from customers from around the world.
Incubus: an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons,especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep/a nightmare/something that weighs upon or
oppresses one like a nightmare
--When I asked the women why she was selling her house, she began to yell and rant about an incubus that lived there and visited her every night...needless to say, I did not buy that house. I also do not talk to that woman anymore.
Infrastructure: the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization/thefundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation andcommunication systems, power plants, and schools
--One of the reasons why Rome fell was because of its crumbling infrastructure; perhaps we should be looking after ours a little better.
Inveigle: to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements/to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods
--He had to inveigle his mother and compliment her until she finally let him go to the concert on a school night.
Kudos: honor, glory, acclaim
--I give Kasie kudos for recognizing the word "kudos" in class today.
Lagniappe: a gratuity or tip/an unexpected or indirect benefit/a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of a compliment or for good measure; bonus
--The customers treated Jessica, the waitress, so well that she through in some extra dessert as a lagniappe on their way out.
Obsequious: characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning/servilely compliant and deferential
--Nobody cared much for the obsequious student; he proved himself a "teacher's pet" early in the year.
Prolix: extended to great, unnecessary or tedious length; long and wordy
--The professor's stories could have been around five minutes long, each, but she made themprolix and stretched them into twenty or more minutes.
Protege: a person under the patronage, care, or protection of someone who is interested in his/her care or welfare
--As my little cousin stared up at my kayaks, I imagined taking him out on a lake one day and having him as my little boating protege.
Prototype: the original model on which something is based or formed
--The prototype of the app needs allot of improvement before the app can go on the market.
Sycophant: a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
--High school is full of sycophants, in fact one can't even speak with out making sure she kisses ass.
Tautology: needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of theimmediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness/an instance of repetition
--My little cousin told me her mother was pregnant and would be having a little baby, her tautology made me smile.
--My dog never listens to me. I wish she were more truckle.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Vocabulary #5
acumen (noun)- keen insight.
-When I need advice, I always go to my mother for her acumen.
adjudicate (verb)- to settle or determine.
-The dispute was adjudicated when they sat down down and talked.
anachronism (noun)- something or someone that is not in its correct historical time.
-When I saw Abraham Lincoln talking on the phone, I knew Mr. Lincoln was an anachronism
apocryphal (adj)- of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
-When a D student turned in an A paper the teacher thought the paper was apocryphal.
disparity (noun)- inequality
-There will always be disparity of wealth within this society.
dissimulate (verb)- to disguise or conceal under a false appearance.
-The masquerader allowed everyone to dissimulate themselves.
empirical (adj)- derived from or guided by experience or experiment
flamboyant (adj)- strikingly bold; showy
-The Mardigra parade was very flamboyant.
fulsome (adj)- offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive;overdone or gross
-My brother is very fulsome when he farts next to me.
immolate (verb)- to sacrifice
-He immolated the dove to his god.
imperceptible (adj)- very slight, gradual, or subtle.
-I missed the imperceptible hint from my friend that the girl I was gossiping about was right behind me.
lackey (noun)- a servile follower
-Robin is Batman's lackey.
liaison (noun)- a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.
-He was England's liaison to the United States.
monolithic (adj)- consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken
-Sometimes kids with their phones are monolithic.
mot juste (noun)- the exact, appropriate word
-It it is all about time, place, and mot juste
nihilism (noun)- total rejection of established laws and institutions.
-Jean Valjean began his life poor but turned himself into a patrician.
propitiate (verb)- to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
sic (verb)-to incite to attack
sublimate(adj)-to make nobler or purer
-When he let God into his life, it became sublimate.
-When I need advice, I always go to my mother for her acumen.
adjudicate (verb)- to settle or determine.
-The dispute was adjudicated when they sat down down and talked.
anachronism (noun)- something or someone that is not in its correct historical time.
-When I saw Abraham Lincoln talking on the phone, I knew Mr. Lincoln was an anachronism
apocryphal (adj)- of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
-When a D student turned in an A paper the teacher thought the paper was apocryphal.
disparity (noun)- inequality
-There will always be disparity of wealth within this society.
dissimulate (verb)- to disguise or conceal under a false appearance.
-The masquerader allowed everyone to dissimulate themselves.
empirical (adj)- derived from or guided by experience or experiment
flamboyant (adj)- strikingly bold; showy
-The Mardigra parade was very flamboyant.
fulsome (adj)- offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive;overdone or gross
-My brother is very fulsome when he farts next to me.
immolate (verb)- to sacrifice
-He immolated the dove to his god.
imperceptible (adj)- very slight, gradual, or subtle.
-I missed the imperceptible hint from my friend that the girl I was gossiping about was right behind me.
lackey (noun)- a servile follower
-Robin is Batman's lackey.
liaison (noun)- a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.
-He was England's liaison to the United States.
monolithic (adj)- consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken
-Sometimes kids with their phones are monolithic.
mot juste (noun)- the exact, appropriate word
-It it is all about time, place, and mot juste
nihilism (noun)- total rejection of established laws and institutions.
-His nihilism for the law ended him up in jail.
patrician (noun)- a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat. -Jean Valjean began his life poor but turned himself into a patrician.
propitiate (verb)- to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
sic (verb)-to incite to attack
sublimate(adj)-to make nobler or purer
-When he let God into his life, it became sublimate.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Vocabulary #4
Apostate: a person who forsakes his religion, party, cause, etc.
--The pastor's daughter was a apostate to her father's religion.
Effusive: unduly demonstrative, lacking reserve/pouring out, overflowing
--When meeting boy foreign exchange students, I notice American girls become effusive with flirtatious behavior.
Impasse: a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock
-- Death is impasse.
Euphoria: a state of happiness and self-confidence/a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania
--Lidia though being married would make set her in an euphoria state. But her fiance's death brought an end to her fantasy.
Lugubrious: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, orunrelieved manner
--Lidia was lugubrious after the death of her fiance.
Bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage
--Conner Patzman is full of Bravado.
Consensus: majority of opinion/general agreement or concord; harmony
--the consensus was that we would order pizza instead of going out.
Constrict: to draw or press in; to cause to contract or shrink; compress/to slow or stop the natural course of development of
--The snake constricted around the child's neck rendering him helpless.
Dichotomy: division in two parts, kinds, etc./division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups
--The dichotomy within the party itself is what caused the loss of the election to the rival party.
Gothic: noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle ofthe 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16thcentury, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use offine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use ofsuch features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils/pertaining to the Middle Ages; medieval
--The architecture student visited France to study Gothic cathedrals, so he may bring that style back in his works.
Punctilio: a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure/strictness or exactness in the observance of formalities or amenities
--The club insisted that every little punctilio had to be followed during initiation, or else the ceremony had to start over.
Metamorphosis: a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft/any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances,etc.
--The boy seemed to undergo a complete metamorphosis into a respectful young adult after going through the Scared Straight program.
Raconteur: a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly
--The children's grandfather was a true raconteur, he had an interesting story for just about any situation.
Sine qua non: an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential
--Kasie is sine qua non for parties; you just can't have one without her.
Quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical or impracticable/impulsive or rashly unpredictable
--The man figured that any day might be his last, so he lived his life quixotically and didn't worry about consequences.
Vendetta: a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek toavenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives, especially suchvengeance as once practiced in Corsica and parts of Italy/a prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like
--Jessica swore a vendetta on the person that cut in front of her in line at Six Flags.
Non Sequitur: an inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises
--Her argument was solid until she reached the end, where we found an obvious non sequitur.
Mystique: a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around aperson or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profoundmeaning/an aura of mystery or mystical power surrounding a particular occupation orpursuit
--I am eternally occupied with the mystique behind surfing and the surrounding culture.
Quagmire: an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog/a situation of which extrication is very difficult
--The man seemed to be stuck forever in the quagmire that is credit card debt.
Parlous: perilous, dangerous
--Some times the most parlous journeys have the biggest pay off. Other wise they woulddn't be worth making.
--The pastor's daughter was a apostate to her father's religion.
Effusive: unduly demonstrative, lacking reserve/pouring out, overflowing
--When meeting boy foreign exchange students, I notice American girls become effusive with flirtatious behavior.
Impasse: a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock
-- Death is impasse.
Euphoria: a state of happiness and self-confidence/a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania
--Lidia though being married would make set her in an euphoria state. But her fiance's death brought an end to her fantasy.
Lugubrious: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, orunrelieved manner
--Lidia was lugubrious after the death of her fiance.
Bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage
--Conner Patzman is full of Bravado.
Consensus: majority of opinion/general agreement or concord; harmony
--the consensus was that we would order pizza instead of going out.
Constrict: to draw or press in; to cause to contract or shrink; compress/to slow or stop the natural course of development of
--The snake constricted around the child's neck rendering him helpless.
Dichotomy: division in two parts, kinds, etc./division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups
--The dichotomy within the party itself is what caused the loss of the election to the rival party.
Gothic: noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle ofthe 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16thcentury, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use offine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use ofsuch features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils/pertaining to the Middle Ages; medieval
--The architecture student visited France to study Gothic cathedrals, so he may bring that style back in his works.
Punctilio: a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure/strictness or exactness in the observance of formalities or amenities
--The club insisted that every little punctilio had to be followed during initiation, or else the ceremony had to start over.
Metamorphosis: a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft/any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances,etc.
--The boy seemed to undergo a complete metamorphosis into a respectful young adult after going through the Scared Straight program.
--The children's grandfather was a true raconteur, he had an interesting story for just about any situation.
Sine qua non: an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential
--Kasie is sine qua non for parties; you just can't have one without her.
Quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical or impracticable/impulsive or rashly unpredictable
--The man figured that any day might be his last, so he lived his life quixotically and didn't worry about consequences.
Vendetta: a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek toavenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives, especially suchvengeance as once practiced in Corsica and parts of Italy/a prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like
--Jessica swore a vendetta on the person that cut in front of her in line at Six Flags.
Non Sequitur: an inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises
--Her argument was solid until she reached the end, where we found an obvious non sequitur.
Mystique: a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around aperson or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profoundmeaning/an aura of mystery or mystical power surrounding a particular occupation orpursuit
--I am eternally occupied with the mystique behind surfing and the surrounding culture.
Quagmire: an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog/a situation of which extrication is very difficult
--The man seemed to be stuck forever in the quagmire that is credit card debt.
Parlous: perilous, dangerous
--Some times the most parlous journeys have the biggest pay off. Other wise they woulddn't be worth making.
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