English 12 Assignment 15 LEVEL C: Word Equinoctial Avarice Attrition Page Sentence 27 It is the Easter Season, the time of resurrection, and the sun is in its equinoctial rebirth. 29 She seemed a rack for avarice, gaunt and craving. 29 And like a miser—
eager in acquisition but desperate in self‐
reproach when Fortune’s wheel turns to the hour of his loss—all tears and attrition I wavered back; and still the beast pursued, forcing herself against me bit by bit till I slid back into the sunless wood. Context Definition Alternate Forms with Part of Speech Synonyms (same part of speech as word) Having to do with the equinox (adj.) pertaining to an equinox or equinoxes, or to the equality of day and night Equinox (noun) Celestial equator Hunger (n.) insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth Avaricious (adj) Frugality Regret (n.) a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength Attritional (adj.) Thinning LEVEL B: Word Equinoctial Avarice Attrition Tremulous Page Sentence 27 It is the Easter Season, the time of resurrection, and the sun is in its equinoctial rebirth. 29 She seemed a rack for avarice, gaunt and craving. 29 And like a miser—
eager in acquisition but desperate in self‐
reproach when Fortune’s wheel turns to the hour of his loss—all tears and attrition I wavered back; and still the beast pursued, forcing herself against me bit by bit till I slid back into the sunless wood. 30 My voice grew tremulous: “Glory and light of poets! Context Definition Alternate Forms with Part of Speech Synonyms (same part of speech as word) Having to do with the equinox (adj.) pertaining to an equinox or equinoxes, or to the equality of day and night Equinox (noun) Celestial equator Equinoctial circle Hunger (n.) insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth Avaricious (adj) Frugality Greediness Regret (n.) a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength Attritional (adj.) Attritive (adj) Thinning Weakening (adj) (of persons, the body, etc.) Tremor (n) characterized by Tremulousness (n)
trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness Hesitant Quivering Shaky LEVEL A: Word Equinoctial Avarice Attrition Tremulous Page Sentence 27 It is the Easter Season, the time of resurrection, and the sun is in its equinoctial rebirth. 29 She seemed a rack for avarice, gaunt and craving. 29 And like a miser—
eager in acquisition but desperate in self‐
reproach when Fortune’s wheel turns to the hour of his loss—all tears and attrition I wavered back; and still the beast pursued, forcing herself against me bit by bit till I slid back into the sunless wood. 30 My voice grew tremulous: “Glory and light of poets! Context Definition Alternate Forms with Part of Speech Synonyms (same part of speech as word) Having to do with the equinox (adj.) pertaining to an equinox or equinoxes, or to the equality of day and night Equinox (noun) Interequinoctial (adj) Celestial equator Equinoctial circle Hunger (n.) insatiable Avaricious (adj) greed for riches; inordinate, miserly Avariciously (adv) desire to gain and Avariciousness (n) hoard wealth Frugality Greediness Regret (n.) a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength Thinning Weakening Hesitant Attritional (adj.) Attritive (adj) Interattrition (n) (adj) (of persons, the body, etc.) Tremor (n) characterized by Tremulousness (n)
trembling, as from Tremulously (adv) fear, nervousness, or weakness Quivering Shaky Glut 31 She tracks down all, kills all, and knows no glut, but, feeding, she grows hungrier than she was. Fullness (v) to feed or fill to satiety; sate Glutton (n) Gluttony (n) Gluttingly (adv) Oversupply excess