The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Glossary | Homework #12 (continued)
Semiramis,: the ancient effigy of the Assyrian empire. Famed for her beauty, strength, wisdom, voluptuousness, and alluring power, she is said to have built Babylon with its hanging gardens, erect many other cities, conquer Egypt and much of Asia including Ethiopia, execute war against the Medes and Chaldeans; which eventually lead to an unsuccessful attack on India where she nearly lost her life.
Escapades:a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct
nihilism:n.a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless b : a doctrine that denies any objective ground of truth and especially of moral truths
futile::adj. serving no useful purpose : completely
ineffective <efforts to convince him were futile>
2
: occupied with trifles :
FRIVOLOUS
Impervious: 1 a : not
allowing entrance or passage :
IMPENETRABLE <a coat
impervious to rain> b :
not capable of being damaged or harmed <a carpet impervious to rough
treatment>
2 : not capable of being affected or disturbed <impervious
to criticism>
- im·per·vi·ous·ly adverb
- im·per·vi·ous·ness
noun
Canaille:k&-'nI:
Adulate( Adulant): to flatter or admire excessively or slavishly
Fecundity: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French
fecond, from Latin fecundus -- more at
FEMININE
1 : fruitful in offspring or vegetation :
PROLIFIC
2 : intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree
synonym see FERTILE
chimaera:kI-'mir-&, noun
Etymology: Latin chimaera,
from Greek chimaira she-goat,
chimera; akin to Old Norse gymbr yearling ewe, Greek cheimOn winter -- more at
HIBERNATE
1 a capitalized : a fire-breathing she-monster in Greek
mythology having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail b
: an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts
2 : an illusion or fabrication of the mind;
especially : an unrealizable dream <a fancy, a chimera in my brain,
troubles me in my prayer -- John Donne>
3 : an individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of
diverse genetic constitution
chimaera
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, chimera
: any of a family (Chimaeridae) of marine cartilaginous fishes with a
tapering or threadlike tail and usually no anal fin
compunction( compunctious):anxiety arising from awareness of guilt <compunctions
of conscience> b : distress of mind over an anticipated
action or result <showed no compunction in planning devilish engines
of... destruction -- Havelock Ellis>
2 : a twinge of misgiving
:
SCRUPLE
<cheated without compunction>
synonym see
PENITENCE,
QUALM
vortex: something that resembles a whirlpool <the hellish vortex of battle -- Time>
cupola: noun
Etymology: Italian, from Latin cupula, diminutive of
cupa tub
1 a : a rounded vault resting on a usually circular base and
forming a roof or a ceiling b : a small structure built on top
of a roof
2 : a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron in the
foundry that has tuyeres and tapping spouts near the bottom
3 : a raised observation post in the roof of a railroad
caboose
apotheosis: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural apo·the·o·ses /-"sEz/
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek
apotheOsis, from apotheoun to deify, from apo- + theos god
1 : elevation to divine status :
DEIFICATION
2 : the perfect example :
QUINTESSENCE <this is the literary
apotheosis of the
shaggy dog story -- Thomas Sutcliffe>
- apo·the·o·size /"a-p&-'thE-&-"sIz, &-'pä-thE-&-/
transitive verb
Progenitive a. reproductive. progenital, a. progenitor, n. (fem. -tress, - trix) ancestor.
EXPENDITURE: noun
Etymology: irregular from expend
1
: the act or process of
expending <an expenditure of energy>
2 : something expended
: DISBURSEMENT,
EXPENSE
<income should exceed expenditures>
*subjugated 's&b-ji-"gAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):
-gat·ed; -gat·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin subjugatus,
past participle of
subjugare, from sub- + jugum yoke -- more at
YOKE
1 : to bring under control and governance as a
subject :
CONQUER
2 : to make submissive :
SUBDUE
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sub·ju·ga·tion /"s&b-ji-'gA-sh&n/ noun
-
sub·ju·ga·tor /'s&b-ji-"gA-t&r/ noun
ubiquitous:yü-'bi-kw&-t&s
Function: adjective
: existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly
encountered :
WIDESPREAD
- ubiq·ui·tous·ly adverb
-
ubiq·ui·tous·ness noun
raiment :clothing
pg. 98
* chicanery:-'kAn-rE, -'kA-n&-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural -ner·ies
1 : deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry
:
TRICKERY
2 : a piece of sharp practice (as at law) :
TRICK
*stank:noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French estanc,
from estancher to dam up, stanch -- more at
STANCH
1 dialect British a :
POND,
POOL
b : a ditch containing water
2 British : a small dam
:
WEIR
pg. 99
* diffident:adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin
diffident-, diffidens, present
participle of diffidere to distrust, from dis- + fidere to
trust -- more at BIDE
1 : hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of
self-confidence
2 archaic :
DISTRUSTFUL
3 : RESERVED,
UNASSERTIVE
synonym see SHY
pg. 100
* pompous, spurious, not quite gross/*benignant
* peripatetic:"per-&-p&-'te-tik
Function: noun
1 capitalized : a follower of Aristotle or adherent of
Aristotelianism
2 :
PEDESTRIAN,
ITINERANT
3 plural : movement or journeys hither and thither
dominions: supreme authority : SOVEREIGNTY
cur
Pronunciation: 'k&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, short for
curdogge, from (assumed) Middle
English curren to growl (perhaps from Old Norse kurra to
grumble) + Middle English dogge dog
1 : a mongrel or inferior dog
2 : a surly or cowardly fellow
skein
Pronunciation: 'skAn
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English
skeyne, from Middle French escaigne
1 or skean
or skeane /'skAn/
: a loosely coiled length of yarn or thread wound on a reel
2
: something suggesting the twists or coils of a skein :
TANGLE
3 : a flock of wildfowl (as geese or ducks) in flight
pg. 107 dominions
canaille:k&-'nI,
-'nA(&)l
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Italian
canaglia, from cane dog, from
Latin canis -- more at
HOUND
1 :
RABBLE,
RIFFRAFF
2 : PROLETARIAN
lichen: 'lI-k&n, British also 'li-ch&n
Function:
noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek leichEn, lichEn, from leichein
to
lick
1 : any of several skin diseases characterized by a papular
eruption
2 : any of numerous complex thallophytic plants made up of an
alga and a fungus growing in symbiotic association on a solid surface (as a
rock)
w op: noun
pg. 125
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Italian dialect
gu appo swaggerer, tough, from Spanish gu apo, probably from Middle French dialect
va pe, wa pe weak,
insipid, from Latin vap pa wine gone flat
vortex
noun
Inflected Form(s): plural vor·ti·ces /'vor-t&-"sEz/;
also vor·tex·es /'vor-"tek-s&z/
Etymology: New Latin
vortic-, vortex, from Latin vertex, vortex
whirlpool -- more at
VERTEX
1 a : a mass of fluid (as a liquid) with a whirling or
circular motion that tends to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the
circle and to draw toward this cavity or vacuum bodies subject to its
action; especially :
WHIRLPOOL,
EDDY
b : a region within a body of fluid in which the fluid
elements have an angular velocity
2 : something that resembles a whirlpool <the hellish
vortex of battle -- Time>
desiccating: 'de-si-"kAt
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s):
-cat·ed; -cat·ing
Etymology: Latin desiccatus, past participle of
desiccare to
dry up, from de- + siccare to dry, from siccus dry -- more at
SACK
transitive senses
1 : to dry up
2 : to preserve (a food) by drying
:
DEHYDRATE
3 : to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality
intransitive senses
: to become dried up
- des·ic·ca·tion /"de-si-'kA-sh&n/
noun
- de·sic·ca·tive /'de-si-"kA-tiv/ adjective
-
des·ic·ca·tor /'de-si-"kA-t&r/ noun
distension:/di-'sten(t)-sh&n/
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin
distention-, distentio, from distendere
: the act of
distending or the state of being
distended especially
unduly or abnormally
surrey: 's&r-E, 's&-rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural surreys
Etymology: Surrey, England
: a four-wheel two-seated horse-drawn pleasure carriage
acquiescent: "a-kwE-'es
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s):
-esced; -esc·ing
Etymology: French acquiescer, from Latin
acquiescere, from ad- + quiescere to be quiet -- more at
QUIESCENT
: to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively -- often used
with in and sometimes with to
synonym see
ASSENT
furriner: &r-&-n&r
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of
foreigner
:
FOREIGNER 2
stale·mate
Pronunciation: 'stA(&)l-"mAt
Function:
noun
Etymology: obsolete English stale stalemate + English
1mate
1 : a drawing position in chess in which only the king can
move and although not in check can move only into check
2 : a drawn contest
:
DEADLOCK;
also : the state of being
stalemated
certitute: 's&r-t&-"tüd also -"tyüd
Function:
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin certitudo, from Latin
certus
1 : the state of being or feeling
certain
2 :
certainty
of act or event
synonym see
CERTAINTY
putrefaction: pyü-tr&-'fak-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English
putrefaccion, from Late Latin putrefaction-, putrefactio, from Latin
putrefacere
1 : the decomposition of organic matter; especially
: the typically anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi
with the formation of foul-smelling incompletely oxidized products
2
: the state of being
putrefied :
CORRUPTION
-
pu·tre·fac·tive /-'fak-tiv/ adjective
squirt: n. an impudent youngster b : KID
scour: to rub hard especially with a rough material for cleansing b : to remove by rubbing hard and washing
2 archaic : to clear (a region) of enemies or outlaws
3 : to clean by purging :
PURGE
4 : to remove dirt and debris from (as a pipe or ditch)
5
: to free from foreign matter or impurities by or as if by
washing <scour wool>
6 : to clear, dig, or remove by or as if by a powerful current
of water
calf-rope, holler v phr Also call calf-rope, cry ~, say ~, yell ~; also calf-rope exclam [Origin uncert] chiefly S Midl, Gulf States Esp in children ' s games
cognizance: noun
Etymology: Middle English conisaunce, from Middle French
conoissance, from conoistre to know, from Latin cognoscere
1 : a distinguishing mark or emblem (as a heraldic bearing)
2 a
: KNOWLEDGE,
AWARENESS
<had no cognizance of the situation> b :
NOTICE,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT <take
cognizance of their achievement>
3 :
JURISDICTION,
RESPONSIBILITY
retch: verb
Etymology: (assumed) Middle English rechen to spit, retch, from Old
English hr[AE]can to spit, hawk; akin to Old Norse hrækja to
spit
transitive senses :
VOMIT 1
intransitive senses : to make an effort to vomit; also :
VOMIT
-
retch noun
ESQUIRE
1 : a shield bearer or armor bearer of a knight
2 a : a male attendant especially on a great personage
b : a man who devotedly attends a lady :
GALLANT
3 a : a member of the British gentry ranking below a knight
and above a gentleman b : an owner of a country estate; especially
: the principal landowner in a village or district c (1) :
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (2)
:
LAWYER
(3) : JUDGE
-
squir·ish /'skwIr-ish/ adjective
grottoes
supine su-'pIn, attrib also 'sü-"pIn
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English suppyne, from Latin supinus; akin to
Latin sub under, up to -- more at
UP
1 a : lying on the back or with the face upward b :
marked by supination
2 : exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity;
especially : mentally or morally slack
3 archaic : leaning or sloping backward
synonym see
PRONE,
INACTIVE
sum
HW#12: Respond to each quotation below using double entry journal form (continued).
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| pg. 116 *And Father said it’s because you are a virgin: don’t you see? Women are never virgins. Purity is a negative state and therefore contrary to nature. It’s nature is hurting you not Caddy and I said That’s just words and he said So virginity and I said you don’t know. You can’t know and he said Yes. On the instant when we come to realize that tragedy is second-hand. *Where the shadow of the bridge fell I could see down for a long way, but not as far as the bottom. When you leave a leaf in water for a long time after a while the tissue will be gone and the delicate fibers waving slow as the motion of sleep. They don’t touch one another, no matter how knotted up they once were, no matter how close they lay once to the bones. And maybe when He says Rise the eyes will come floating up too, out of the deep quiet and the sleep, to look on glory. And after a while the flat irons would come floating up. I hid them under the end of the bridge and went back and leaned on the rail. *If it could just be a hell beyond that: the clean flame the two of us more than dead. Then you will have only me then only me then the two of us amid the pointing and the horror beyond the clean flame |
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| pg. 117 *Only you and me then amid the pointing and the horror walled by the clean flame *unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact |
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| pg. 118 * by an assumption of silent superiority *I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue |
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| pg. 122 * In the orchard the bees sounded like a wind getting up, a sound caught by a spell just under crescendo and sustained. *Sunlight slanted into it, sparse and eager. *Yellow butterflies flickered along the shade like flecks of sun. |
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| pg. 123 *it is because there is nothing else I believe there is something else but there may not be and then I You will find that even injustice is scarcely worthy of what you believe yourself to be *as though instead of sinking into silence, silence merely increased between us, as water rises. *the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar *Man the sum of his climatic experiences |
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| pg. 124 *Man the sum of what have you. *A problem in impure properties carried tediously to an unvarying nil: stalemate of dust and desire. |
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128 *Because women so delicate so mysterious Father said. Delicate equilibrium of periodical filth between two moons balanced. Moons he said full and yellow as harvest moons her hips thighs. Outside outside of them always but. Yellow. Feet soles with walking like. Then know that some man that all those mysterious concealed. *With all that inside of them shapes an outward suavity waiting for a touch to. Liquid putrefaction like drowned things floating like pale rubber flabbily filled getting the odor of honeysuckle all mixed up. |
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was raining we could hear it on the roof, sighing through the high
sweet emptiness of the barn. There? Touching her Not there There? Not raining hard but we couldn’t hear anything but the roof and if it was my blood or her blood She pushed me down the ladder and ran off and left me Caddy did Was it there it hurt you when Caddy did ran off was it there Page 134 |
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| *…where pencils of sun slanted in the trees. And I could feel water again running swift and peaceful in the secret shade. Page 135 | |
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| *…that delicate and curious horror, their veils turned back upon their little white noses and their eyes fleeing and mysterious beneath the veils. Page 145 | |
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pg. 158 *theres a curse on us its not our fault is it our fault pg. 161 *I was looking at him through a piece of colored glass I could hear my blood and then I could see the sky again and branches against it and the sun slanting through them and he holding me on my feet pg. 162 *I sat there against the tree with little flecks of sunlight brushing across my face like yellow leaves on a twig listening to the water pg. 163 *she looked at me then everything emptied out of her eyes and they looked like the eyes in statues blank and unseeing and serene pg. 165 *Everything was sort of violet and still, the sky green paling into gold beyond the gable of the house and a plume of smoke rising from the chimney without any wind pg. 167 *Leda lurking in the bushes, whimpering and moaning for the swan pg. 168 *but Shreve was standing in the road before the house, looking up the hill. Behind him the yellow light lay like a wash of paint on the roof of the house. pg. 169 *I could see the twilight again, that quality of light as if time really had stopped for a while, with the sun hanging just under the horizon *the sense of water peaceful and swift *with the odor of summer and darkness except honeysuckle. Honeysuckle was the saddest odor of all *I could feel water beyond the twilight smell. When it bloomed in the spring and it rained the smell was everywhere you didn’t notice it so much at other times but when it rained the smell began to come into the house at twilight either it would rain more at twilight or there was something in the light itself pg. 170 *The draft in the door smelled of water, a damp steady breath. Sometimes I could put myself to sleep saying that over and over until after the honeysuckle got all mixed up in it the whole thing came to symbolize night and unrest I seemed to be lying neither asleep nor awake looking down a long corridor of gray halflight where all stable things had become shadowy paradoxical all I had done shadows all I had felt suffered taking visible form antic and perverse mocking without relevance inherent themselves with the denial of the significance they should have affirmed thinking I was I was not who was not was not who. *I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights began in the pale clear air, trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off. pg. 171 *just the stairs curving up into shadows echoes of feet in the sad generations like light dust upon the shadows, my feet waking them like dust, lightly to settle again *not knowing it couldn’t even lie |
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