Monday, January 11, 2016

RAGTIME PADLET

AGENDA:

Go to library.  work on padlet of terms and pictures for RAGTIME







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Ragtime Vocabulary

Apotheosis

model of excellence or perfection of a kind

Contrition

sorrow for sin

Lithe

gracefully slender

Discreet

marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

Lassitude

a feeling of lack of interest or energy

Solicitude

a feeling of excessive concern

Amiable

diffusing warmth and friendliness

Entrepreneur

someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it

vouchsafed

to condescend, to bestow, to grant

Obeisance

a bodily movement expressing deep respect

Defer

put off to later

Inanities

small talk

Firmament

Heavens

Vehement

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions

Promulgate

formally made public

Transient

adj. lasting or staying only a short time

Intransigence

the trait of being stubborn

Deferential

showing submission and respect

Subjugation

the act of conquering

Bohemian

a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life

Unappeased

adj. unimpressed, not pacified

Pugnacious

ready and able to resort to force or violence

Discomfiture

anxious embarrassment

Aggrieved

(adj.) distressed, wronged, injured

Regimen

(medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)

Salutary

tending to promote physical well-being; bringing about an improvement

Condone

excuse, overlook, or make allowances for

Mellifluous

pleasing to the ear

Officiousness

aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding

Precipitous

extremely steep

Dirges

songs or hymns of grief.

Cortege

n. funeral procession

Simian

an ape or monkey, relating to or resembling an ape

Redolence

a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

Rube

n. a country person, n. unsophisticated person

Pragmatist

n. a person who takes a practical approach

Awry

away from the correct or expected course

Indigent

n. a person who is poor

Reproach

blame or accuse