Farewell to Manzanar

Farewell to ManzanarVocabulary

Hannah P.1/2

Confiscators To seize by authority The confiscators took away the

Japanese documents away from us because they might have secret information in them.

Confiscators confiscate cool cars.

Sinister Bad, evil, wicked The sinister man robbed our house and

stole everything in it. Sinister spies spook spiders.

Futile Ineffective, useless, no result The study guide was futile if you did

not use it. It was futile to rip up the tile.

Dignity Nobility or worthiness of a person The President has a lot of dignity

because lots of people have respect for him.

Dig some dignity

Fruitless Useless, unproductive Seat-belts are fruitless if you do not

use them correctly. A tree without fruit is worthless.

Internment To be confined sometimes as prisoners They sent us to internment camps after

the attack at Pearl Harbor because we are Japanese.

Enter internment

Hostility (hostile) the feeling of being opposed

to someone or something; not friendly or generous

The man treated us with hostility because we were Japanese.

No host should be hostile.

Subordinate Of lesser importance She was subordinate because it was

only her second week on her new job. Substitutes are subordinate than the

regular teacher.

Aggravated To make more severe or worse They left us aggravated in the pouring,

ice cold rain. Aggravated=long word Waiting outside=long time

Intangible Incapable of being touched The glass sculpture was intangible

because if pressure was applied, it would break.

The tangle was intangible.

Promenade A stroll or walk in a public place There were people promenading down

the road in New York City. Before prom, we had a promenade.

Pacify To bring to a state of peace; calm The mother needed to pacify the

screaming child. Pacifier=pacify

Oblivion The state of being completely forgotten

or unknown The student was oblivion after they

moved away. Oblivion/oblivious

Sustenance Sustaining life; nourishment The plant needed sustenance to live. Sustain-->sustenance

Subdued Quiet; inhibited; controlled The subdued children never were a

problem in the classroom. The sub kept the kids subdued.

Lethargy The state of being drowsy or dull She was lethargy after staying up all

night. Lethargy=groggy

Assented To agree or concur She assented to doing her homework

after she found out her mom would give her chocolate afterwards.

Assenting=agreeing

Capitulate To surrender unconditionally The basketball team capitulated after

they found out that they didn’t have enough players to play.

They captured the capitulated team.

Assertive Confidently aggressive or self-assured The bully acted assertive towards the

younger kid. Aggressive, assured, and assertive all

have double letters.

Authentic Not false or copied, genuine, real The Chinese food was so authentic, the

customers thought it was imported from China!

Authentic Authors are real.

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