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Cultural Literacy Words
C.L.W.s/ W.O.Cs of 4th quarter
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English
9th Grade
03/17/2011

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3-17-11: Jeeves
Definition
servant who appears in comic novels/short stories about the English upper classes.

know-to understand
no-opposite of yes.
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3-18-11: Falstaff
Definition
character of Shakespeare, tells of his bravery, but is really a coward.

lay: "to place"-also past tense of lie
lie-"to recline"
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3-21-2011: George Eliot
Definition
penname of Mary Ann Evans, 19th century English author

lead-"to guide"
led-past tense
lead(n.)-metal
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3-22-11: Friedrich Nietzsche
Definition
19th century German philosopher,developed the idea of a superior human, or super human who was not bound by conventional notions of right and wrong.

learn-aquire info.
teach-give info
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3-24-11:original sin
Definition
the sin of Adam and Eve and the essential event of the fall of men.

loose-free
lose-misplace
loss-something that is lost
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3-25-11: Soren Kierkegaard
Definition
19th century Danish philosopher; wrote a lot about fear and lonlieness that he believed came from religion.

mail-letter
male-gender (man)
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4-4-11: lean and hungry look
Definition
from Shakespear's Julius Caesar; means someone is dangerous.

miner-digs in ground
minor-not legally an adult, not major
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4-5-11: Walter Mitty
Definition
character in a short story; dreams of an extraordinary life to escape his ordinary existence

past-n,adj.,prep
passed-verb
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