Grade 11: Unit 6, Small-Group Learning

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  1. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
    More importantly, in 2007 television was still clinging to its cultural sovereignty, but it has since been firmly supplanted by the Internet.
  2. ascendant
    tending or directed upward
    As long as the Internet holds its throne as the defining medium of our time, the short story will be ascendant.
  3. Renaissance
    the revival of learning and culture
    Personally, I'm thrilled to be taking part in that continued evolution, thrilled just to be present for the renaissance of the form that shaped science fiction, thrilled to be able to say unequivocally: "The short story is alive and well."
  4. etiquette
    rules governing socially acceptable behavior
    In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference.
  5. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
    In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference.
  6. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
    No service was too humble for him to perform in aid of the South, no adventure too perilous for him to undertake if consistent with the character of a civilian who was at heart a soldier, and who in good faith and without too much qualification assented to at least a part of the frankly villainous dictum that all is fair in love and war.
  7. sentinel
    a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
    The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues to adorn the bridge.
  8. apprehension
    fearful expectation or anticipation
    He awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension.
  9. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
    Keen, poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward
    through every fiber of his body and limbs.
  10. clammy
    unpleasantly cool and humid
    While she was rummaging around she found death in her mind and it felt clammy and unfamiliar.
  11. hypodermic
    a piston syringe that is fitted with a needle for injections
    "Mother, don't mind, we're going to give you a little hypodermic."
  12. dyspepsia
    a digestive disorder characterized by heartburn or nausea
    I meant to finish the altar cloth and send six bottles of wine to Sister Borgia for her dyspepsia.
Created on Wed Sep 23 10:43:45 EDT 2020 (updated Fri Sep 25 13:50:39 EDT 2020)

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