Vocabulary Word List for Test 4
Tentative Test Date:  Wednesday, 1/23

"The Richer, the Poorer” 

by Dorothy West 

p. 316-32

Words to Know:  whim, frugally, sentimental, self-denial, enhance

“One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts” 

by Shirley Jackson

p. 349-357

Words to Know:  ambiguous, genial, impertinent, insatiable, repress   

“Amigo Brothers” 

by Piri Thomas 

p. 363-371

Words to Know:  unbridled, pensively, bedlam, perpetual, game, barrage, improvise, dispel, evading, feint 

from “An American Childhood” 

by Anne Dillard 

p. 383-386

Words to Know:  reverent, spherical, translucent, redundant, righteous   

“Key Item” 

by Isaac Asimov 

p. 433-435

Words to Know:  circuit, complex, acceded, diffidently, neurotic 


"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" 
by Rod Serling 
p. 417-428
Words to Know:  antagonism, contorted, defiant, flustered, idiosyncrasy, intense, optimistic, incriminate, legitimate, persistent

STUDY TIP:  Make sure you know the part of speech for the word, so you will be able to use it correctly in your written sentence.  :)