week 13 31-33

A.  In-class Notes

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.

free will

Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action. It is closely linked to the concepts of responsibility, praise, guilt, sin, and other judgments which apply only to actions that are freely chosen.

B.  1100 Words You Need to Know

deleterious (a.)- harmful

spurious (a.)- false and not what it appears to be

ostensible (a.)- presentable

dissent (v.)- disagree

    dis- differently

concomitant (n.)- something that happens with something else and is connected with it

prodigious (a.)- extremely great in ability, amount, or strength

usurp (v.)- to (wrongfully) appropriate

celerity (n.)- speed

venerable (a.)- worthy of respect

salubrious (a.)- promoting health, healthful

    salute (v.)- welfare

abjure (v.)- to say formally or publicly that you no longer agree with a belief or way of behaving

wary (a.)- alert

complacent (a.)- pleasing

somber (a.)- serious, sad, and without humor or entertainment

glean (v.)- to collect information in small amounts and often with difficulty