Tying up ends

1.       Works Cited help?  (databases)

2.       Groups and reading?

3.       Outlines review for next project?  Essay Due April 16-

4.       Grading and conferences for submitted essays on Tuesday?

4.3- April 30   Last day for work to be submitted for a star.

4.5- Portfolio List

5.       New Vocab List:

rescind	v.	to repeal or annul
sagacious	adj.	having a sharp or powerful intellect or discernment. (n: sagacity).
sanguine	adj.	cheerful; confident: "Her sanguine attitude put everyone at ease."(Sangfroid (noun) is a related French word meaning unflappibility. Literally, it means cold blood)
sate	v.	to satisfy fully or to excess
saturnine	adj.	having a gloomy or morose temperament
savant	n.	a very knowledgable person; a genious
sedulous	adj.	diligent; persevering; persistent: "Her sedulous devotion to overcoming her background impressed many." (n: sedulity; sedulousness; adv. sedulously)
specious	adj.	seemingly true but really false; deceptively convincing or attractive: "Her argument, though specious, was readily accepted by many."
superficial	adj.	only covering the surface: "A superficial treatment of the topic was all they wanted."
tacit	adj.	unspoken: "Katie and carmella had a tacit agreement that they would not mention the dented fender to their parents."
taciturn	adj.	habitually untalkative or silent (n: taciturnity)
temperate	adj.	exercising moderation and self-denial; calm or mild (n: temperance)
tirade (diatribe)	n.	an angry speech: "His tirade had gone on long enough."
tortuous	adj.	twisted; excessively complicated: "Despite public complaints, tax laws and forms have become increasingly tortuous." Note: Don't confuse this with torturous.
tractable	adj.	ability to be easily managed or controlled: "Her mother wished she were more tractable." (n: tractibility)
turpitude	n.	depravity; baseness: "Mr. Castor was fired for moral turpitude."
tyro	n.	beginner; person lacking experience in a specific endeavor: "They easily took advantage of the tyro."
vacuous	adj.	empty; without contents; without ideas or intelligence:: "She flashed a vacuous smile."
venerate	v.	great respect or reverence: "The Chinese traditionally venerated their ancestors; ancestor worship is merely a popular misnomer for this tradition." (n: veneration, adj: venerable)
verbose	adj.	wordy: "The instructor asked her verbose student make her paper more concise." (n: verbosity)
vex	v.	to annoy; to bother; to perplex; to puzzle; to debate at length: "Franklin vexed his brother with his controversial writings."
viscous	adj.	slow moving; highly resistant to flow: "Heintz commercials imply that their catsup is more viscous than others'." (n: viscosity)
volatile	adj.	explosive; fickle (n: volatility).
voracious	adj.	craving or devouring large quantities of food, drink, or other things. She is a voracious reader.
waver	v.	to hesitate or to tremble
wretched	adj.	extremely pitiful or unfortunate (n: wretch)
zeal	n.	enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal (n: zealot; zealoutry. adj: zealous)