Essential Twelfth Grade Vocabulary: List 5

Robbie obeyed with alacrity for somehow there was that in him which judged it best to obey Mrs. Weston, without as much as a scrap of hesitation. I, Robot

Though of noble bearing, he wore the garb of an ordinary warrior, with no ornament save a curiously shaped iron brooch at his collar. The Black Cauldron

The circuitous route from Baltimore to Annapolis, where they kept getting on and off the same road to stop at little huts by the road and let off passengers, took another hour and a half. Homecoming

I knew I had been harsh, but I did not want to capsize the whole ship of negotiations, and I ended on a more conciliatory note. Long Walk to Freedom

He stared at me for a moment with an odd expression on his face—perhaps surprise, perhaps consternation—as if I were a species he’d never seen before. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

I could see she despised me, marking with all the snobbery of her class that I was no great lady, that I was humble, shy and diffident. Rebecca

The Empress was fascinated by his genius, and enjoined him to visit Russia without delay. Huneker, James

Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. Slaughterhouse-Five

He begged their forbearance for his lengthy absences from the Wilmette house. The Devil in the White City

From the start, he was an iconoclast, committed to using everyday materials and found artifacts, blurring the lines between sculpture and painting, between reproduction and individual creation, between objects and artworks. New York Times (Dec 24, 2018)