La Granja

Disputed
Prudence
Exorbitant
Agile
Scrutiny
Ardent
Exasperation
Reconciliation
Cowering
Aghast


 
Vocab yellow box:
 
disputed: subject of an argument
marauders: people who roam around in search of loot, or goods to steal
exasperation:great annoyance
condolences: exressions of sympathy
reconcilation: friendly end to quarrel
kin: family members, relatives
rouse: wake upmortal: here, very intense, severe
brandished: waved in a threading manner
cowering: drawing back, crouching, or trembling in fear
disconsolate: causing sadness or depression, also by unhappy
pauper: very poor. Excessive admiration and praise
adulation: intense or excessive admiration or praise
aghast: horrifies, greatly dismayed,¡
exorbitant: much greater tha is reasonable
agile: moving withease
prudence: caution, good judgement
scrutiny: close inspection
coveted: longed for
ardent: passionate, extremly enthusiastic
 
 
unit 3:
 
abridge: shorten, abbreviate, compress, condese
adherent: grouple, worshiper, supporter, enthusiast
altercation: fight, argument, dispute, embroilment
cherubic: kind, innocent, pure, divine
condone: allow, pardon, forgive, overlook
dissent:disagreement, protest, opposition, noncinformity
eminent: important, distiguished, noteworthy, famous
exorcise: summon, bewitch,enchant, entrance
fabricate: manufacture, falsify, construct, produce
irate: angry, enraged, infuriated, livid
marauder: thief, hooligan, outlaw, raider
obesity: hefiness, portiliness, plumpness
pauper: poor
pilfer: steal, snatch, rob, thieve
rift: break, opening,spilt, crakc
semblance: similarity, facsimile, likeness, sameness
surmount: overcome, rise above, surpass, defeat
terminate: stop, abort, dismiss, cease
trite: overused, unoriginal, cliche, hackneyed
usurb: infringe, take over, supplant, hijack
 
 
 
unit 4:
 
abscond: dissappear, escape, leave
access: entry
anarchy: chaos
arduous: difficult
auspicious: advantageous
biased: bigoteddaunt: narrow minded
disentangle: free, resolve
fated: destined
hoodwink: deceive, trick
inanimate: lifeless
incinearate: burn
intrepid: brave
larceny: theft
pliant: yielding
pompous: showy, flashy
precipice: clift
rectify: correct
repreive: pardon
revile: insult
 
 
 
The Interlopers:
The characters in "The Interlopers," Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, have been enemiessince birth. Their grandfathers feuded over a piece of forestland. While the courts ruled in the Gradwitz family's favor, the Znaeym family has never accepted this ruling. Throughout the course of Ulrich and Georg's lifetime, the feud has grown into a personal, bloodthirsty one. As boys, they despised each other, and by the evening that the story takes place, the two grown men are determined tobring a final end to the feud by killing their enemy. 
On this fateful evening, Ulrich gathers a group of foresters to patrol the land in search of Georg. Separated from his men, he hopes to meet Georg alone and, when he steps around a tree trunk, he gets his wish. The two men face each other with rifles in hand, but neither can bring himself to shoot the other. Before either man can act, a bolt oflighting strikes a tree. It falls over and pins them underneath its limbs. 
The men are pinned down side by side, almost within touching distance. Both are dazed, injured, and angry at the situation in which they find themselves. Georg tells Ulrich that his men are right behind him, and threatens that, when they arrive, they will free him but roll the tree on top of Ulrich. To this threat, Ulrichreplies that his men will arrive first and kill Georg. Both men know it is only a matter of waiting to see which group of foresters will reach them first. 
Ulrich manages to draw his wine flask out of his coat pocket. He drinks some wine and, feeling something akin to pity, offers it to Georg. Georg refuses due to the fact that his eyes are caked with blood and he couldn't see it as well as...