week 8

A.  In-class notes

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening  by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.  

His house is in the village though;  

He will not see me stopping here  

To watch his woods fill up with snow.  

 

My little horse must think it queer  

To stop without a farmhouse near  

Between the woods and frozen lake  

The darkest evening of the year.  

 

He gives his harness bells a shake  

To ask if there is some mistake.  

The only other sound’s the sweep   

Of easy wind and downy flake.  

 

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,  

But I have promises to keep,  

And miles to go before I sleep,  

And miles to go before I sleep.

 

The Road Not Taken  by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

 

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

 

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

 

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

B.  1100 Words You Need to Know

frugal (a.)- economical in use

cache (n.)- a hidden store of things

interloper (n.)- unauthorized trader trespassing on privileges of chartered companies

    leap(v.)- to jump, spring clear of the ground by force of an initial bound; run, go

temerity (n.)- blind chance, accident; rashness, indiscretion, foolhardiness

cupidity (n.)- passionate desire

assiduous (a.)- showing hard work, care, and attention to detail

resourceful (a.)- skilled

fallacious (a.)- not correct

    fallacy (n.)- deception, deceit, trick, artifice

consummate (a.)- perfect

barometer (n.)- a device that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is likely to change

itinerant (a.)- travelling from one place to another, usually to work for a short period

myriad (n.)- a very large number of something

deem (v.)- to consider or judge something in a particular way

accommodate (v.)- to provide with a place to live or to be stored in

    ad- to, toward

    commode(n.) - chest of drawers