Lord of the Flies Vocabulary Chapter 1 1. proffer: offer "The fat boy waited to be asked his name in turn but his proffer of acquaintance was not made." 2. motif: single or repeated design "Here the beach was interrupted abruptly by the square motif of the landscape..." 3. specious: deceptive "Ralph had been deceived before now by the specious appearance of depth in a beach pool and he approached this one preparing to be disappointed." 4. lolled: lounged "Ralph lolled
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Chapter 10 - Vocabulary alist (adj.): tilted to one side articulate (adj.): able to speak and express oneself attributes (n.): characteristics; qualities of a person or thing bout (n.): fight corncribs (n.): A corncrib is a small structure used to store corn. crook (of his arm) (n.): The crook of your arm is the inside part of your arm where it bends at the elbow. erratically (adv.): strangely; differently than normal feeble (adj.): weak; frail gingerly (adv.): carefully; cautiously inconspicuous
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This is a story of a woman who suffers a lot in her life trying to find her way to peace.Her name is Kitty Fane.The main characters of the book are Kitty an Walter Fane.They are married.Tuis is how their story started.Kitty ’s mother was hard‚cruel‚managing‚ambitious‚parsimonious‚stupid woman.She married her husband because he seemend then a yong man of promise and her father said he would go far ‚but he didn ’t. He was industrious and capable ‚but he didn ’t have the will to advance himself. Mrs
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Chapter 20: Politics of the Roaring Twenties Section 1: Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues -A desire for normality after the war and a fear of communism and “foreigners” led to postwar isolationism. Postwar Trends -The economy was down. *Nativism- prejudiced against foreign-born people. *Isolationism- a policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs. Fear of Communism *Communism- an economic and political system based on a single party government ruled by a dictatorship
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Christopher A. Gerbasi Linux Mr. Bodley 4/25/2013 Chapter 20 Exercises (p. 757) 1-6 1. By default‚ email addressed to system goes to root. How would you also save a copy in /var/logs/systemmail? A) Edit the /etc/aliases
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on Hawaii Pearl Harbor‚ 1887: US gains naval base rights Annexation Attempt: 1893- bad economy because of McKinley Tariff Led to effort to be annexed by US and a revolt against Local Rule Queen Liliuokalani Opposed annexation and was put on house arrest Grover Cleveland chose not to annex Hawaii Believed the Hawaiians had been wronged and most were against the annexation Hawaii was annexed in 1898 at the end of the Spanish- American War US Business Interests in Hawaii 1875- Reciprocity
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Chapter 27 1. Russia overturned its conservative policies in many ways. Alexander II removed the serfdom. Cultural nationalism led to political demands and worried the state. Their lust to become as successful as the west led them to industrialize. The lower classes suffered greatly in this time period‚ and they demanded better living conditions. Since the serfdom was disestablished‚ the government gave them land‚ but they would only be able to leave if they paid off the debt on the land. Many
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Psychiatric Mental Health Chapter 20: Sleep Disorders •Sleep is a major function of daily living and mental health. •The average adult should get 7 to 9 hours of sleep daily. •However‚ many people are in the habit of frequently cutting back on sleep to meet other social needs. •The most common and major consequence of sleep loss is excessive sleepiness. •Sleep deprivation is another consequence of sleep loss that complicates health‚ safety‚ and quality of life for individuals.
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Module 1 vocabulary Mathieu Orfila published work on poisons and how they affected animals. Francis Galton studied fingerprints and developed a methodology for their classification. In a book published in 1892‚ Galton showed the uniqueness of fingerprints and how they could be used for identification. Dr. Leone Lattes figured out a way to determine the type of blood from a dried bloodstain and began applying the new test to criminal investigations. Calvin Goddard found a way of using a comparison
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Psalm 27: A Psalm of David Psalm 27 comes to us in the middle of the book of Psalms. Psalms is like a book of poems. These scriptures paint a picture and gives us hope‚ strength‚ or informs us of God’s love whenever we need some encouragement. Psalm 27 is entitled “The Lord is My Light and My Salvation” and hails from story of David. This Psalm is a Psalm follows a pattern that goes back and forth between praising the Lord‚ and crying out to him for help before ending with a strong statement
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