Unit 3: Selection Vocabulary 4

This list covers Les Misérables, "Jabberwocky," and "Bullying in Schools."
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  1. benediction
    a blessing or ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
    Then gravely, and moving his lips like one who is praying or talking to himself, he raised two fingers of his right hand and bestowed his benediction on the man, who did not bow, and without turning his head or looking behind him, he returned to his bedroom.
  2. abomination
    a person who is loathsome or disgusting
    Ah, the abomination! He has stolen our silver!
  3. stupefaction
    a feeling of stupefied astonishment
    At this word, Jean Valjean, who was dejected and seemed overwhelmed, raised his head with an air of stupefaction.
  4. venerable
    profoundly honored
    Jean Valjean opened his eyes wide, and stared at the venerable Bishop with an expression which no human tongue can render any account of.
  5. perdition
    the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment
    “Jean Valjean, my brother, you no longer belong to evil, but to good. It is your soul that I buy from you; I withdraw it from black thoughts and the spirit of perdition, and I give it to God.”
  6. shun
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
    Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
    The frumious Bandersnatch!
  7. seek
    try to locate, discover, or establish the existence of
    Long time the manxome foe he sought
  8. burble
    flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
    The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
    Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
    And burbled as it came!
  9. galumph
    move around heavily and clumsily
    He left it dead, and with its head
    He went galumphing back.
  10. chortle
    laugh quietly or with restraint
    He chortled in his joy.
  11. repercussion
    a remote or indirect consequence of some action
    But we know now that the repercussions of bullying can be lasting and severe. Sometimes they even end in tragedy.
  12. venue
    the scene of any event or action
    An even harder venue to monitor for bullying is the Internet.
  13. perpetrator
    someone who commits wrongdoing
    They also need to learn that cases of bullying are often more complex than a “perpetrator” and a “victim.”
  14. tolerance
    allowing some freedom to move within limits
    Many schools have “zero- tolerance” policies regarding bullying.
  15. civility
    the act of showing regard for others
    The website also recommends something that can be useful everywhere at all times—creating a culture of civility and tolerance.
Created on Thu Apr 22 16:32:13 EDT 2021 (updated Wed Apr 28 14:52:03 EDT 2021)

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