Period 7, Thursday March 12: Vocabulary Quiz on "The Masque of the Red Death"

Welcome!

You have vocabulary quiz today. 
The vocabulary will be on the board for five minutes and you can ask questions about the terms.

 Like any other quizzes/tests, it is done independently and quietly. 

 ***Take your time.***

 When you are done, you will work on a short writing exercise on a poem called Dreams by Linda Pasten.

 This will be done on your chromebook/personal laptop, if you do not have yours on you, write your response on the back of the assignment or a separate sheet of paper.

 Email it to me at:  mscampteaches@gmail.com
Ready?


pestilence
(noun)
A contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.
Synonym: plague
sagacious
(adjective)
To have or show good judgement.
Synonyms: Insightful, perceptive
contagion
(noun)
It is the transmission of a disease by direct or indirect contact.
Similar: a virus
bizarre
(adjective)
Very strange, unusual, or out of the ordinary.
Synonyms: Absurd, unreal
countenance
(noun)
A person’s face or facial expression.
Synonyms: face, facial features, appearance
decora
(noun)
The decoration of a room or the style of a place.
Synonyms: furnishings, ornaments, color palette
fête
(noun)
It is a celebration or festival.
Similar: a party
grotesque
(noun)
Something that is comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.
Synonyms: Freaky, peculiar, deformed
piquancy
(noun)
The quality of being pleasantly exciting.
Synonyms: Interest, fascination, liveliness.
arabesque
(noun)
Intricate and flowing design patterns.
gaieties
(noun)
The state or quality of being cheerful or joyful.
Synonyms: happiness, high spirits
terror
(noun)
The feeling of dread/anticipation that something bad will happen.
Synonyms: fright, panic, shock
horror
(noun)
The feeling of revulsion that usually follows a frightening sight, sound, or experience.
Synonym: atrocity
out-heroded Herod
(idiom)
A phrase that means “to exceed in violence or extravagance.” There was a king named Herod who ordered the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.
blasphemous
(adjective)
To say or do something insulting against God or sacred things.
Synonyms: profane, ungodly, disrespectful


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