Semester 1 (2014-15)
( Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, Tier 4, Tier 5)
Mastery Words:
1) FACILITATE: (verb) make (an action or process) easy or easier.
Novel Sentence: "In order to facilitate cross-culture comparisons and contrasts, I have included, creation, fertility, and hero myths from each culture." (Rosenberg xiii)
Stand-alone: Synonyms can facilitate further understanding of a word.
FW-1: "Myths facilitate our use of imagination about the world we live in, the creatures surrounding us, and beyond."
2) RECONCILE: (verb) come to terms, restore friendly relations between.
Novel Sentence: "Like the heroes of every culture, all people today confront choices that force them to reconcile their personal wishes with their responsibility to others." (Rosenberg xiv)
Stand-alone: She couldn't reconcile herself to forgive the friend who betrayed her trust.
Diary-1: "-the characters throughout the story have to reconcile with destiny-"
3) INSURMOUNTABLE: (adjective) not capable of being surmounted or overcome
Novel Sentence: "Like these heroic figures, all people today confront tasks in the course of their daily lives that appear to be insurmountable." (Rosenberg xiv)
Stand-alone: My fear of heights sometimes feels insurmountable.
FW-2: "-and also to show that a lot of problems and obstacles that may seem insurmountable at times are universal,..."
5) ENRICH: (verb) make better or improve in quality
Novel Sentence: "They enrich the appreciation of literature, art and music and can lead to greater intrest in history, religion, psychology, anthropology, and archaeology." (Rosenberg xiv)
Stand-alone: The soil, in which the evergreen is rooted in, is enriched with minerals and food for the tree.
FW-3: "-it reminded me of when I use to read a lot when I was younger in order to enrich my life of non-happenings,"
Diary-2: "Reading "The Iliad" enriched my understanding of the question, because it helps explain a broad feeling we've all experienced, of lack of power and control over our lives."
Project-1: "The author enriched her essay with quotes from a reliable source like this one: “Death was an accepted part of the life cycle, for it was followed by rebirth or new life”(Rosemberg 15)."
6) DIVINITY: (noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force.
Novel Sentence: "-others describe the nature and function of divinities; ..." (Rosenberg xv)
Stand-alone: Many myths are about gods of divinity.
FW-4: "A myth to me is a story of normal people, like you and me, but only amplified to a larger scale, usually one of divinity, those of gods."
Diary-3: "In “The Iliad”, gods of divinity seem to have a lot of control over Achilles’ life, but he still is in control over how he reacts to any given situation."
7) VIRTUOUS:(adjective) morally excellent
Novel Sentence: "-while still others provide models of virtuous behavior by relating the adventures of heroes or the misfortunes of arrogant humans." (Rosenberg xv)
Stand-alone: My brother can be a very virtuous person at times.
8) DEPICT: (verb) give a description of
Novel Sentence: "They depict humans as an integral part of larger universe, and they impart a feeling of awe for all that is mysterious and marvelous in life." (Rosenberg xv)
Stand-alone: People usually depict me as a sour loser, when on the contrary, I'm an exilent loser, as I don't throw fits of rage or anger.
FW-5: "In the myth called "The Flood Cycle", other gods talk to Zeus about humans, and they depict us as greedy and selfish with no good people left on earth."
9) IMPART: (verb) bestow a quality on
Novel Sentence: " -and they impart a feeling of awe for all that is mysterious and marvelous in life." (Rosenberg xv)
Stand-alone: My sister imparts knowledge on me about guys and relationships.
FW-6: "With each myth imparting a moral or lesson in the story that can help people with some of those larger questions in life,.."
Diary-4: "Having stuff around me, which I’m not even a part of, impart a negative effect on my life."
Project-2: "By using the same tricks that good persuaders use, you can become a better persuader yourself and impart this new knowledge on others."
10) EMBARK: (verb) proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
Novel Sentence: "-embark on an arduous journey,-" (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: We shall embark on the treacherous hike at dawn.
FW-7: "-with stories of fantasy, and usually about the main character embarking on a journey of some sort."
11) ARDUOUS: (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Novel Sentence: "-embark on an arduous journey,-" (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: Tonight, I have to relentlessly finish my arduous math homework.
FW-8: "Like the famous Hercules, quite a few myths are about the struggles of a person and a goal they want to reach and how they were able to overcome arduous tasks in order to gets where they want to be."
Diary-5: "I went through an arduous two years in New Zealand, before finally settling down in Japan."
12) INHERENT: (adjective) existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
Novel Sentence: " An inherent part of many myths is the belief in one or more divine powers who create life and control the direction of the universe." (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: His inherent need to be a perfectionist is probably what caused his essay to be late.
FW-9: "-as well as understand the black-and-white inherent characteristics that shaped our culture,.."
Diary-6: "Also one inherent characteristic in Achilles and all Greeks in “The Iliad”, was their need for honor above all else."
Project-3: "This is a great example in Kates essay of Pathos, the last one of the three inherent tricks of persuasion, which at the end of this you’re going to be a master of. "
13) ANTHROPOMORPHICS: (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
Novel Sentence: " -are anthropomorhic in that they think, act, and speak like human beings." (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: I used to have anthropomorphic stuffed animals.
14) INDIFFERENT: (adjective) marked by a lack of interest
Novel Sentence: "Other gods, like those of Sumer, Babylonia, and northern Europe ( the Norse gods), tend to be indifferent to the fate of human beings." (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: When I'm tired, I become indifferent when deciding what to have for dinner.
FW-10: "In the end, they'll most likely feel indifferent to what was said."
15) INEVITABILITY: (noun) the quality of being unavoidable
Novel Sentence: "How can I reconcile myself to the inevitability of death?" (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: Having to finish my homework is inevitable if I want good grades.
FW-11: "I’m a visual person, so it helps when I have visual reminders to help me face the inevitability of having to finish my work and prevent procrastination."
Diary-7: "Achilles was unable to escape his inevitable fate of death, but he chose to die early so he could avenge his best friend."
Project-4: “'We each, during our lives, experience times of grief, strife and loss because it’s something inevitable. These emotional pains tend to take us into our own dark moods, our personal underworld, just like the underworld where Persephone was sent off to.'"
16) PRINCIPLE: (noun) most important element
Novel Sentence: "My retelling of each myth retains the principle plot, characterization, style and cultural values of the original, although a one-volume edition has been made it necassary to shorten the longer epics." Rosenberg xiii)
Stand-alone: One of the principle characteristics of my cat is her love for pasta.
FW-12: "When you write about a certain subject, do you easly drift off the principle idea?"
Diary-8: "This story focuses on what principles and choices make someone a true hero."
Project-5: "Therefore you’re already on your way to becoming a master of persuading and you can easily use these three principle tricks of persuasion, which you’re going to learn in three simple steps, to make your readers hooked with each sentence, getting more and more interested in what you have to say."
17) DISTINCTIVE: (adjective) of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
Novel Sentence: "Students of world mythology study the distictive qualities of each culture and, in the process, become more humane." (Rosenberg xiv)
Stand-alone: My moms sense of humour is probably her most distinctive characteristics.
FW-13: "A distinctive characteristic in my writing, would have to be my lack of call to action, and that'll bring down the rest of the work I've done."
Diary-9: "After experiencing that distinct feeling of little to no control in those two years, I had a new answer to the question “ Do we have control over our lives?”"
18) PHENOMENON: (noun) a remarkable development
Novel Sentence: "Some explain origins, natural phenomenon, and death;-" (Rosenberg xv)
Stand-alone: My mom winning tonights Monopoly game was a phenomenon.
19) SCHEME: (noun) an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
Novel Sentence: "The gods multiply so that each can have his or her particular role in the universal scheme, and the creator-god brings life to earth in the form of plants, animals, and human beings." (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: Pinky always helps Brain to come up with a scheme to take over the world.
FW-14: "In the myth of Demeter and Persephone, Zeus helps Hades scheme a plan to kidnap Persephone, daughter of Demeter."
20) APPEASE: (verb) make peace with
Novel Sentence: "Some myths, like the Hittite myth of Telepinu and the African myth from Dahomey, involve gods who have been insulted and must be appeased for fertility to be restored." (Rosenberg xvii)
Stand-alone: I must first make appease with my sister, before she will let me in the room.
FW-15: "Demeter was somewhat appeased in the end, having made a deal for seeing her daughter."
Diary-10: "My desire for control needed to be appeased."
1) FACILITATE: (verb) make (an action or process) easy or easier.
Novel Sentence: "In order to facilitate cross-culture comparisons and contrasts, I have included, creation, fertility, and hero myths from each culture." (Rosenberg xiii)
Stand-alone: Synonyms can facilitate further understanding of a word.
FW-1: "Myths facilitate our use of imagination about the world we live in, the creatures surrounding us, and beyond."
2) RECONCILE: (verb) come to terms, restore friendly relations between.
Novel Sentence: "Like the heroes of every culture, all people today confront choices that force them to reconcile their personal wishes with their responsibility to others." (Rosenberg xiv)
Stand-alone: She couldn't reconcile herself to forgive the friend who betrayed her trust.
Diary-1: "-the characters throughout the story have to reconcile with destiny-"
3) INSURMOUNTABLE: (adjective) not capable of being surmounted or overcome
Novel Sentence: "Like these heroic figures, all people today confront tasks in the course of their daily lives that appear to be insurmountable." (Rosenberg xiv)
Stand-alone: My fear of heights sometimes feels insurmountable.
FW-2: "-and also to show that a lot of problems and obstacles that may seem insurmountable at times are universal,..."
5) ENRICH: (verb) make better or improve in quality
Novel Sentence: "They enrich the appreciation of literature, art and music and can lead to greater intrest in history, religion, psychology, anthropology, and archaeology." (Rosenberg xiv)
Stand-alone: The soil, in which the evergreen is rooted in, is enriched with minerals and food for the tree.
FW-3: "-it reminded me of when I use to read a lot when I was younger in order to enrich my life of non-happenings,"
Diary-2: "Reading "The Iliad" enriched my understanding of the question, because it helps explain a broad feeling we've all experienced, of lack of power and control over our lives."
Project-1: "The author enriched her essay with quotes from a reliable source like this one: “Death was an accepted part of the life cycle, for it was followed by rebirth or new life”(Rosemberg 15)."
6) DIVINITY: (noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force.
Novel Sentence: "-others describe the nature and function of divinities; ..." (Rosenberg xv)
Stand-alone: Many myths are about gods of divinity.
FW-4: "A myth to me is a story of normal people, like you and me, but only amplified to a larger scale, usually one of divinity, those of gods."
Diary-3: "In “The Iliad”, gods of divinity seem to have a lot of control over Achilles’ life, but he still is in control over how he reacts to any given situation."
7) VIRTUOUS:(adjective) morally excellent
Novel Sentence: "-while still others provide models of virtuous behavior by relating the adventures of heroes or the misfortunes of arrogant humans." (Rosenberg xv)
Stand-alone: My brother can be a very virtuous person at times.
8) DEPICT: (verb) give a description of
Novel Sentence: "They depict humans as an integral part of larger universe, and they impart a feeling of awe for all that is mysterious and marvelous in life." (Rosenberg xv)
Stand-alone: People usually depict me as a sour loser, when on the contrary, I'm an exilent loser, as I don't throw fits of rage or anger.
FW-5: "In the myth called "The Flood Cycle", other gods talk to Zeus about humans, and they depict us as greedy and selfish with no good people left on earth."
9) IMPART: (verb) bestow a quality on
Novel Sentence: " -and they impart a feeling of awe for all that is mysterious and marvelous in life." (Rosenberg xv)
Stand-alone: My sister imparts knowledge on me about guys and relationships.
FW-6: "With each myth imparting a moral or lesson in the story that can help people with some of those larger questions in life,.."
Diary-4: "Having stuff around me, which I’m not even a part of, impart a negative effect on my life."
Project-2: "By using the same tricks that good persuaders use, you can become a better persuader yourself and impart this new knowledge on others."
10) EMBARK: (verb) proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
Novel Sentence: "-embark on an arduous journey,-" (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: We shall embark on the treacherous hike at dawn.
FW-7: "-with stories of fantasy, and usually about the main character embarking on a journey of some sort."
11) ARDUOUS: (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Novel Sentence: "-embark on an arduous journey,-" (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: Tonight, I have to relentlessly finish my arduous math homework.
FW-8: "Like the famous Hercules, quite a few myths are about the struggles of a person and a goal they want to reach and how they were able to overcome arduous tasks in order to gets where they want to be."
Diary-5: "I went through an arduous two years in New Zealand, before finally settling down in Japan."
12) INHERENT: (adjective) existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
Novel Sentence: " An inherent part of many myths is the belief in one or more divine powers who create life and control the direction of the universe." (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: His inherent need to be a perfectionist is probably what caused his essay to be late.
FW-9: "-as well as understand the black-and-white inherent characteristics that shaped our culture,.."
Diary-6: "Also one inherent characteristic in Achilles and all Greeks in “The Iliad”, was their need for honor above all else."
Project-3: "This is a great example in Kates essay of Pathos, the last one of the three inherent tricks of persuasion, which at the end of this you’re going to be a master of. "
13) ANTHROPOMORPHICS: (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
Novel Sentence: " -are anthropomorhic in that they think, act, and speak like human beings." (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: I used to have anthropomorphic stuffed animals.
14) INDIFFERENT: (adjective) marked by a lack of interest
Novel Sentence: "Other gods, like those of Sumer, Babylonia, and northern Europe ( the Norse gods), tend to be indifferent to the fate of human beings." (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: When I'm tired, I become indifferent when deciding what to have for dinner.
FW-10: "In the end, they'll most likely feel indifferent to what was said."
15) INEVITABILITY: (noun) the quality of being unavoidable
Novel Sentence: "How can I reconcile myself to the inevitability of death?" (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: Having to finish my homework is inevitable if I want good grades.
FW-11: "I’m a visual person, so it helps when I have visual reminders to help me face the inevitability of having to finish my work and prevent procrastination."
Diary-7: "Achilles was unable to escape his inevitable fate of death, but he chose to die early so he could avenge his best friend."
Project-4: “'We each, during our lives, experience times of grief, strife and loss because it’s something inevitable. These emotional pains tend to take us into our own dark moods, our personal underworld, just like the underworld where Persephone was sent off to.'"
16) PRINCIPLE: (noun) most important element
Novel Sentence: "My retelling of each myth retains the principle plot, characterization, style and cultural values of the original, although a one-volume edition has been made it necassary to shorten the longer epics." Rosenberg xiii)
Stand-alone: One of the principle characteristics of my cat is her love for pasta.
FW-12: "When you write about a certain subject, do you easly drift off the principle idea?"
Diary-8: "This story focuses on what principles and choices make someone a true hero."
Project-5: "Therefore you’re already on your way to becoming a master of persuading and you can easily use these three principle tricks of persuasion, which you’re going to learn in three simple steps, to make your readers hooked with each sentence, getting more and more interested in what you have to say."
17) DISTINCTIVE: (adjective) of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
Novel Sentence: "Students of world mythology study the distictive qualities of each culture and, in the process, become more humane." (Rosenberg xiv)
Stand-alone: My moms sense of humour is probably her most distinctive characteristics.
FW-13: "A distinctive characteristic in my writing, would have to be my lack of call to action, and that'll bring down the rest of the work I've done."
Diary-9: "After experiencing that distinct feeling of little to no control in those two years, I had a new answer to the question “ Do we have control over our lives?”"
18) PHENOMENON: (noun) a remarkable development
Novel Sentence: "Some explain origins, natural phenomenon, and death;-" (Rosenberg xv)
Stand-alone: My mom winning tonights Monopoly game was a phenomenon.
19) SCHEME: (noun) an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
Novel Sentence: "The gods multiply so that each can have his or her particular role in the universal scheme, and the creator-god brings life to earth in the form of plants, animals, and human beings." (Rosenberg xvi)
Stand-alone: Pinky always helps Brain to come up with a scheme to take over the world.
FW-14: "In the myth of Demeter and Persephone, Zeus helps Hades scheme a plan to kidnap Persephone, daughter of Demeter."
20) APPEASE: (verb) make peace with
Novel Sentence: "Some myths, like the Hittite myth of Telepinu and the African myth from Dahomey, involve gods who have been insulted and must be appeased for fertility to be restored." (Rosenberg xvii)
Stand-alone: I must first make appease with my sister, before she will let me in the room.
FW-15: "Demeter was somewhat appeased in the end, having made a deal for seeing her daughter."
Diary-10: "My desire for control needed to be appeased."