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.

 

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Difficult Vocabulary

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

 


Cuisine References

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

 

Natural, Medical, and Geographic References

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

 

Cultural and Historical References

From page 285

1. Julia Child

2. Dr. Spock

3. PBS

4. madras shirts

5. Martha Stewart

6. Mildred Pierce

7. Armani

8. Martha Stewart Living

9. Today show

From page 286

10. Mediaweek magazine

11. WASPY

12. Barnard

13. Wall Street

14. Wall Street Journal

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

49. New York magazine

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.

 

Difficult Vocabulary

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

 


Cuisine References

From page 296

1. sushi

2. tandoori

3. burrito

4. pizza

5. tiramisù

6. angel-hair pasta

7. enchiladas

 

Natural, Medical, and Geographic References

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

 

Cultural and Historical References

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.

 

Difficult Vocabulary

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

 


Natural, Medical, and Geographic References

From page 302

1. Greece

2. Bali

From page 304

3. Japanese

4. Chinese

5. Syrian

6. Asian

 

Cultural and Historical References

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.

 

Difficult Vocabulary

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

 

Natural, Medical, and Geographic References

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.

 

Difficult Vocabulary

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

 


Cuisine References

From page 526

1. marblecake

 

Natural, Medical, and Geographic References

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

 

Cultural and Historical References

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