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DO NOW
• Take out your homework from last night (defs and pos) and leave out on your desk so I can come around and check it.
• Complete the 3rd page of the Vocabulary Building packet.
• Copy your homework into your agenda.• Read the AIM.
• AIM: To learn some of the vocabulary in The Pearl to help us with reading comprehension.
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The Pearl Vocabulary
Lists 1-4
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List #5 (which is List #1 for The Pearl)
Chapters 1 and 2
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Parable
• Noun• A short fictitious story
that teaches a lesson or moral
• Synonyms: fable, allegory• Antonyms: none
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Plaintive
• Adjective• Expressing suffering or
woe• Synonyms: agonized,
heartbroken, lamentable, mournful, sorrowful, rueful, woeful
• Antonyms: cheerful, happy
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Avarice
• Noun• Excessive or insatiable desire
for wealth or gain• Syn: covetousness, greediness• Ant: generosity, philanthropy
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Indigent
• Adjective• Suffering from extreme
poverty• Syn: broke, destitute,
poor• Ant: affluent, rich,
wealthy
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Suppliant
• Both Noun and Adj• Noun: someone who
pleads or solicits• Adjective: pleading,
beseeching, imploring, begging
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Estuary
• noun• An inlet of the sea• SYN: channel• ANT: none
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Bulwark
• Noun• Thing or person who
shields or defends• SYN: guard, stronghold,
barrier• ANT: weakness, weak
point
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undulating
• Adjective• Wavy in motion or
appearance• SYN: billowy, rolling• ANT: straight, flat,
untwisted
• Verb• To rise and fall in waves
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Speculative
• Adjective• In a thoughtful,
evaluating way• SYN: contemplative,
deep in thought• ANT: unreflective,
disregarding
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Incandescence
• Noun• Brilliant gleam; bright
glow• SYN: radiance, shine,
luminescence• ANT: darkness, dullness
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List #6(which is List #2 for The Pearl)
Words found throughout Chapter 3
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benediction
• Noun• something that
promotes goodness or well-being
• SYN: blessing• ANT: curse
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clamor
• Noun• A loud, continuous noise• SYN: outcry, roar• ANT: quiet, silence
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consecrate
• Adjective• Dedicated for a sacred
purpose• SYN: blessed, holy,
hallowed• ANT: unhallowed,
unconsecrated
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cozen
• Verb• To mislead, win over, or to
make someone do something by smooth trickery
• SNY: bamboozle, beguile, deceive, trick
• ANT: undeceive, reveal, expose
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dissemble
• Verb• To hide under a false
appearance• To conceal facts, intentions,
or feelings• SYN: assume, bluff, pretend• ANT: none
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furtive
• Adjective• Sly; done by stealth• SYN: sneaky, shady, shifty• ANT: open, public
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lucent
• Adj• Glowing with light;
luminous• SYN: crystal-clear, bright,
transparent• ANT: cloudy, opaque
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precipitate
• Verb• To bring about
abruptly; to throw violently; to hurl
• No syn and ant
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semblance
• Noun• Outward appearance• SYN: disguise, act,
façade, front
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subjugate
• Verb• To bring someone/something
under your control• SYN: subdue, conquer,
dominate• ANT: emancipate, liberate
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List #7(which is List #3 in The Pearl)
Words found in Chapters 4 and 5
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benign
• Adjective• Showing kindness or
gentleness• Harmless• SYN: inoffensive;
innocuous, safe• ANT: dangerous,
damaging, injurious
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coagulate
• Verb• To become thick or to
gather into a mass• SYN: clot, congeal• Near ANT: liquefy; melt
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collusion
• Noun• secret agreement or
cooperation, especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose
• SYN: conspiracy• NO ANTONYMS
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countenance
• Noun: expression or look on one’s face
• Verb: to give approval or to sanction
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edifice
• Noun• A large building or
structure• SYN: cathedral, palace,
tower• NO ANT
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keen (appears “keening” in the text)
• Verb• to make a loud and long
cry of sorrow • SYN: lament, mourn,
wail, moan• ANT: crow, rejoice
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lethargy
• Noun• Abnormal drowsiness• The state of being lazy,
indifferent, or sluggish• SYN: languor, lassitude,
listlessness, stupor • ANT: vigor, vitality,
vivacity
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searing
• Adjective• very hot• marked by extreme
intensity • SYN: fervent, boiling,
scalding• ANT: arctic, glacial
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spurn (appears “spurned” in the text)
• Verb• 1: to tread sharply or
heavily upon • SYN: trample
• Verb• 2: to reject with disdain
or contempt • SYN: scorn, reject• ANT: accept, agree
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stalwart
• Adjective• marked by outstanding strength
and vigor of body, mind, or spirit • SYN: courageous, dauntless• ANT: chicken-hearted, cowardly,
spineless
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List #8(which is List #4 of The Pearl)
Words found throughout Ch. 6
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escarpment
• Noun• Steep cliff • SYN: bluff, precipice• No ANT
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intercession
• Noun• The making of please or prayers on behalf
on someone else• SYN: intervention, negotiate, chime in• ANT: disregard, ignore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTVsnK8RGvs&safe=active
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irresolution
• Noun• Indecision or hesitation• SYN: vacillation, hesitancy• ANT: resolution, certainty
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germane
• Adjective• Similar or relevant to• SYN: pertinent, related,
fitting• ANT: extraneous,
irrelevant, pointless
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guttural
• Adjective• Formed or pronounced in the
throat• Throaty or rasping (hoarse)• NO SYN OR ANT
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malignant
• Adjective• Dangerous and deadly• SYN: evil, injurious• ANT: benign, harmless
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petulant• Adjective• Irritable; peevish; rude• SYN: crabby; grouchy; ornery• ANT: affable; cordial, amiable
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Pivot (appears in book as “pivoting”)
• Verb• To turn• SYN: spin, rotate, wheel• ANT: none
• Start clip at 3 mins 30 secs• http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=yJYH4lO6Bug&safe=active
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sinister
• Adjective• Evil• Accompanied by or
leading to disaster• SYN: dire, foreboding,
menacing, ominous• ANT: unthreatening
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ulcerous
• Adjective• Affected with an ulcer (an
ulcer is something that festers and corrupts like a open sore)
• Corrupt and rotting• NO SYN or ANT