2015.11.26 - Week11

A. Vocabularies to Know
1) fraternity: a group of people who have the same job or interest
2) ridiculous:  stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at
2-1) ridiculed: to laugh at someone in an unkind way
3) mock: to laugh at someone, often by copying them in a funny but unkind way
3-1) imitate: to behave in a similar way to someone or something else, or to copy the speech or behavior, etc. of someone or something
4) flip: If you flip something, you turn it over quickly one or more times, and if something flips, it turns over quickly
5) verbose: using or containing more words than are necessary
6) adapt: to change something to suit different conditions or uses
6-1) adept: having a natural ability to do something that needs skill
7) animated: full of interest and energy
7-1) animation: enthusiasm and energy
8) architecture: the art and science of designing and making buildings
8-1) anarchy: a situation in which there is no organization and control, especially in society because there is no effective government
8-2) anarchist: a person who believes in anarchism
8-3) anarchism the political belief that there should be little or no formal or official organization to society but that people should work freely together
9) mortal: (of living things, especially people) unable to continue living forever; having to die
9-1) immortal: living or lasting forever
10) patriarchy: a society in which the oldest male is the leader of the family, or a society controlled by men in which they use their power to their own advantage
10-1) matriarchy: a type of society in which women have most of the authority and power, or a society in which property belongs to women and is given to children by women rather than men
11) polygamous: the fact or custom of being married to more than one person at the same time
12) Mormon: a member of a religious group called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which began in the US in 1830
13) mal- (stand for bad); bene- (stand for good)
14) malign: causing or intending to cause harm or evil
14-1) malicious: intended to harm or upset other people
15) candidate: a person who is competing to get a job or elected position
16) transcript: an exact written copy of something
16-1) translate: to change words into a different language
16-2) transmit: to broadcast something, or to send out or carry signals using radio, television, etc.
17) mort (stand for death)
18) tisane: (a) drink made by pouring boiling water onto particular types of dried or fresh flowers or leaves
19) exhibit: to show something publicly
20) keep off: If you keep off a particular subject, you avoid talking about it.
21) drug: any natural or artificially made chemical which is used as a medicine
21-1) medicine: treatment for illness or injury, or the study of this
21-2) pill: a small solid piece of medicine which a person swallows without chewing (= crushing with the teeth)
22) magnanimous: very kind and generous towards an enemy or someone you have defeated
22-1) magnificent: very good, beautiful or deserving to be admired
22-2) magnify: to make something look larger than it is, especially by looking at it through a specially cut piece of glass
23) masochist: the activity of getting sexual pleasure from being hurt or controlled by another person
B. The tyger          William Blake

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp,
Dare its deadly terrors clasp!

When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
C. The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is an 1850 work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is considered to be his best work. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.