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THE ILLUSTRIOUS MR. PASTOR

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HOMEWORK, Monday,
November 25, 2025:
 
 
 
AP ENGLISH #GET-LIT-ERATURE! 
LIT OPPORTUNITY #3 DUE SUNDAY, 11/30 AT 11:59 P.M.
 
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE ELITE!   
Read, annotate, complete Antigone guide by Sunday night, 11/30, at 11:59 p.m.
 
 
ENGLISH II CP:
Final Drafts of Style Essays due Sunday at 11:59 p.m.
 
ENGLISH II GEN:
Final Drafts of Style Essays due Sunday at 11:59 p.m.
 
Weekly Spelling, Vocabulary, and Word Parts
 
Weekly Spelling Words for Context Evaluation:
  1. obstinate (stubborn)
  2. obnoxious (Mr. Pastor)
  3. Oblivion  vs. oblivious (nothingness / cluelessly unaware)
  4. obliterate (totally destroy)
  5. nullify (cancel)
  6. novelty (new fad)
  7. notoriety (famous for a bad thing)
  8. nostalgia (pining for the past)
  9. nonchalant (appearing carelessly chill)
  10. nemesis (mortal enemy)
  11. Negotiate (to work out a compromise)
  12. multifarious (multiple)
  13. Necessarily (of necessity)
 
Weekly Vocabulary Words:
 
  1. Function (N., V., adj.) - the purpose something serves; to operate normally or correctly
  2. Further (v.) - to advance a notion or argument
  3. Futility (n.) - wallowing in a state of inescapable mediocrity
  4. Gobsmacked (part. adj.) - totally shocked by a development or occurrence
  5. Grandiloquent (adj.) - excessively ornate in speech; excessively elaborate in detail, intended to impress, but coming across as pompous
  6. Grandiose (adj.) - pretentiously imposing in style or form
  7. Grovel (v.) - to beg pathetically by crawling on the ground before someone with your face to the ground
  8. Guarded (adj.) in tone - highly defensive
  9. Gumption (n.) - stubborn will to persevere no matter the circumstances
  10. Gumshoe (n.) - amateur detective
  11. Half-heartedly (adv.) - done in a lazy manner with minimal effort
  12. Haphazard (adj.) - not following any set pattern; random
 
Weekly Word Parts:
PREFIXES
EM: to cover with; into - empower: to put power into somebody
ENDO: within: endothermic - internal body temperature
 
ROOTS
LAB: work - laborious: requiring hard work to complete
LEG/LECT: read, choose - illegible: unable to be read
LIBER: free - liberate: to set free
 
SUFFIXES
IC/ICAL: having to do with - polemic: having to do with one's anger
IFEROUS: producing - vociferous: producing a loud voice
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Period 6 - English II General
 
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