Text: Talbot, Margaret. "Les Trés
Riches Heures de Martha Stewart."
The New Republic (1996). Rpt. in The
Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers. By Stephen Reid. 6th
ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice, 2003. 284-94.
From page 285
1. proselytized
2. penumbra
3. bohemian
4. tatty
5. campy
6. pedant
7. gemütlich (pleasant, agreeable, comfortable)
8. synecdoche (using the part
to represent the whole or vice versa)
9. bourgeois
From page 286
10. cynosure (center of
attention)
11. affectless (showing no
affect or emotion)
12. nacreous (made or of
resembling mother-of-pearl)
13. oeuvre (body of work)
14. self-parodic
15. tutelage
16. colonized
17. twee (overly dainty, cute, or quaint)
From page 287
18. al fresco (outside,
outdoors)
19. adept
20. enumeration
21. pole saw
22. topiary
23. poignant (deeply
emotional)
24. unctuous (oily, falsely
enthusiastic or reverent, smug)
From page 288
25. primal
26. apotheosis
27. estrangement
28. bulwark
29. hoary (old)
30. motherwit
31. lore
32. baby-boomer
33. sensibilities
From page 289
34. acolyte
35. didactic
36. faux-materialism
37. mogul
28. mantra
29. exalts
30. punitive
31. patrician
32. squalor
33. genocidal
24. tenet
From page 290
25. apocryphal
26. prickliness
27. razzing
28. obeisance
29. contingencies
30. self-effacing
31. deploy
32. disport
33. ceding
34. chatelaine
35. hermetic
36. pastoral
37. didacticism
From page 291
38. facade
39. doyennes
40. sublimating
41. ego
42. courtesan
43. gussy
44. aesthetic
45. hauteur (arrogance,
pride, snobbiness)
46. facsimile
47. posh
48. pedigree
49. trappings
From page 292
50. yacht
51. aristocrat
52. luster
53. lineage
54. plasterers
55. taciturn
(characteristically not inclined to talk)
56. demographic
57. niche
58. honed
59. vaulting
60. upper crust
61. piques
62. plenitude
63. surfeit
64. artisanal
65. manic
66. fulsome (excessively
flattering to the point of offensiveness)
From page 293
67. parchment (paper made
from--or to look as if from--the skin of a sheep or goat)
68. oaktag (a type of sturdy,
thick paper often used for patterns, photos, or posters)
69. unfrenetic
70. whimsical
71. prodigious
72. overindulgence
73. assuage
74. logy (lazy, sluggish)
75. cowed
From page 285
1. soufflé
2. crème anglaise
From page 286
3. plum
4. pepper
5. bread
6. preserves
From page 287
7. pumpkin soup
8. Easter ham
9. lobster
10. corn
11. chive
12. yogurt
From page 289
13. rhubarb crisp
From page 290
14. milk
15. cookies
16. condensed milk
17. canned fruit
18. white sauce
From page 293
19. molasses
20. honey
From page 285
1. Cambridge
2. Connecticut
3. East Hampton
4. Araucana hens
From page 286
5. Nutley, NJ
From page 288
6. Italian marble
From page 289
7. Bosnia
8. Rwanda
9. AIDS
From page 290
10. dogwood
11. Parisian
From page 291
12. London
From page 292
13. Dordogne
14. Paris
From page 292
15. Westport, Connecticut
16. slate
17. New York state
From page 293
18. bumblebee
From page 285
1. Julia Child
2. Dr. Spock
3. PBS
4. madras shirts
6. Mildred Pierce
7. Armani
9. Today show
From page 286
11. WASPY
12. Barnard
13. Wall Street
15. Time,
Inc.
16. art-book production
17. Imogen Cunningham
From page 287
18. Martha Stewart's Gardening
19. USDA
station
20. Sissinghurst
21. The Culture of
Narcissism
22. Christopher Lasch
23. Meditations for Women
Who Do Too Much
From page 289
24. Shaker
25. anti-feminist backlash
26. Camille Paglia
27. Phyllis Schlafly
28. Reagan
29. feminine mystique
From page 290
30. June Cleaver
31. Mercedes
32. Scotchguide
33. Turkey Hill
34. Menus for Entertaining
35. Cravaggio
36. Batman
37. home economics (or home
ec)
From page 291
38. M. F. K. Fisher
39. Laura Shapiro
40. Perfection Salad
41. Charles Booth-Clibborn
From page 292
42. Wedding Planner
43. J. Delherin
44. calling cards
45. Martha Stewart's New
Old House
46. Federal-style
47. Inside Media
From page 293
48. Barbara Lippert
50. Mr. Greenjeans
51. Captain Kangaroo
52. Our Home show
53. Lifetime
54. Kathy Lee
55. Depression glass
56. Puritan
57. stalker movies
58. Thighmaster
Text: Iyer, Pico. "The
Global Village Finally Arrives." Time
142 (Spec. Issue, Fall 1993). Rpt. in The
Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers. By Stephen Reid. 6th
ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice, 2003. 295-9.
From page 296
1. coalition
2. polyglot
3. postnational
4. echt (genuine)
From page 297
5. uniculture
6. artifacts
7. entrepreneurial
8. upward mobility
9. paradigm
10. electicism
11. soigné (sophisticated,
elegant)
12. émigrés
From page 298
13. twang
14. transnational
15. capitalism
16. allegiances
17. cadences
18. mongrels
19. expats
20. lingua franca
21. urbanists
22. technopoles
From page 299
23. superpower
24. mosaic
25. psalmist
26. hybrid
From page 296
1. sushi
2. tandoori
3. burrito
4. pizza
5. tiramisù
6. angel-hair pasta
7. enchiladas
From page 296
1. Japanese, Japan
2. Nigeria
3. German
4. Korea, Korean
5. Switzerland
6. Argentina
7. Mandarin
8. Mediterranean
9. Spanish
10. Thai
11. Indian, India
12. British
13. American, America
14. Southern California
15. Vancouver
16. Sydney
17. London
18. Hong Kong
19. Los Angeles
20. New World
21. Kyoto
22. Saigon
23. Nepal
24. Brussels
25. Arab
26. Paraguayan
27. Asunción
28. Melbourne
From page 297
29. Macedonian
30. Iranian
31. Western
32. Pakistani
33. Filipina
34. Perth
35. Prague
36. New Delhi
37. Santa Barbara
38. Barcelona
39. Lakota
40. Canadians
41. Cantonese
42. Taiwan
43. Vietnam
44. Asian
45. Taipei
46. Bombay
47. Salvadoran
48. Italian
49. Chinese
50. Rome
51. Alexandria
52. Lebanese
53. Paris
From page 298
54. Marseilles
55. French
56. North African
57. Bradford, England
58. Queensland, Australia
59. Balkanization
60. North Korea
61. Burma
62. Tokyo
63. Africa
64. Iowan
65. South Korea
66. West Germany
67. Singapore
68. Britain
69. Barbados
70. Canadian
71. Tibet, Tibetan
72. Danish
73. Lhasa
74. Copenhagen
75. Miami
76. Mexican
77. mestizos
78. Osaka
79. Moscow
From page 299
80. Kansas
81. Mexican
82. San Fransisco
83. Irish, Irishmen
84. Portuguese
85. Toronto
From page 296
1. new world order
2. Planet Hollywood
3. Reebok
4. United Colors of Benetton
From page 297
5. American pop culture
6. Santa Barbara
7. 501 jeans
8. Madonna
9. CNN
10. Amy Tan
11. Janet Jackson
12. Calvinist
13. Mormon
From page 298
14. Islamic fundamentalism
15. Tower of Babel
16. Alvin Toffler
17. Kenichi Ohmae
18. Robert Reich
19. Secretary of Labor
20. Pontiac
21. General Motors
22. world music
23. Northrop Fyre
24. Robertson Davies
25. Margaret Laurence
26. Michael Ondaatje
27. Rohinton Mistry
28. Josef Skvorecky
From page 299
29. E Pluribus Unum (one out of many)
30. Fredrico Mayor Zaraoza
31. UNESCO
32. Richard Rodriguez
Text: Tannen, Deborah. "How
Male and Female Students Use language Differently." The
Chronicle of Higher Education (19 June 1991). Rpt. in The Prentice
Hall Guide for College Writers. By Stephen Reid. 6th ed. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice, 2003. 301-6.
From page 301
1. sociologists
2. anthropologists
From page 302
3. peer
4. hierarchical
5. congenial
6. fundamental
7. adverstiveness
8. agonism
9. antithetical
10. ritualize
11. laments
12. vie
13. sparring
From page 303
14. anecdotes
15. acumen
16. devil's advocate
17. conducive
From page 304
18. ethics
19. transcripts
From page 305
20. exuberantly
21. formulate
From page 306
22. seminar
23. impute
24. self-evidently
25. monolithic
From page 302
1. Greece
2. Bali
From page 304
3. Japanese
4. Chinese
5. Syrian
6. Asian
From page 301
1. You Just Don't
Understand
2. Janet Lever
3. Marjorie Harness Goodwin
4. Donna Eder
From page 302
5.Walter Ong
6. Fighting for Life
7. Cornell University
From page 303
8. Hamilton college
Text: Chopin, Kate. "The
Story of an Hour." 1894. Rpt. in The Prentice Hall Guide for College
Writers. By Stephen Reid. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice, 2003. 516-8.
From page 516
1. afflicted
2. telegram
3. forestall
4. paralyzed
5. aquiver
6. peddler
7. eaves
From page 517
8. bespoke
9. yonder
10. subtle
11. elusive
12. tumultuously
13. vacant
14. exalted
15. trivial
16. self-assertion
17. imploring
From page 518
18. elixir
19. latchkey
20. grip-sack
From page 516
1. heart trouble
2. sparrows
Text: Welty, Eudora. "A
Worn Path." Atlantic Monthly (1941). Rpt. in The Prentice Hall
Guide for College Writers. By Stephen Reid. 6th ed. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice, 2003. 524-32.
From page 525
1. pendulum
2. grandfather clock
3. frailest
4. ringlets
5. limber
6. buggy whip
7. pleads
From page 526
8. severe
9. intent
10. barbed wire
11. furrow
From page 527
12. maze
13. nary
14. strutting
15. husks
16. ruts
17. ravine
From page 528
18. lolling
19. radiation
20. git
21. sic
From page 529
22. cur
23. steeple
From page 530
24. charity
25. twitch
26. solemn
27. rigidity
From page 531
28. dignified
29. lye
30. obstinate
31. enduring
From page 532
32. windmill
From page 526
1. marblecake
From page 525
1. pinewoods, pine
2. copper
3. foxes
4. owls
5. beetles
6. jack rabbits
7. coons
8. bob-whites
9. wild hogs
10. pine cones
11. mourning dove
From page 526
12. oaks
13. bush
13. thorns
14. mistletoe
15. cotton
16. buzzard
17. bulls
18. snakes
19. corn
From page 527
20. silver grass
21. quail
22. pullets
23. Sweet-gum
24. moss
25. alligators
26. Live-oaks
From page 528
27. milkweed
28. June-bug
29. weeds
From page 529
30. hen
31. Natchez, Natchez Trace
32. roses
From page 530
33. fly
From page 525
1. festival figure
From page 528
2. Santa Claus
From page 529
3. Christmas
From page 531
4. Surrender
5. patch quilt