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English 8The Pearl Vocabulary List #4 (Vocabulary Words 31-40)

Directions:

1.Read each sentence carefully.

2.Highlight at least 3 context clues that help you guess the meaning of the underlined word.

3.Using the context clues provided in the sentences below, guess which word goes with each definition in the table below. Write each word next to the proper definition. Spell the word correctly.

4.Decide if each word is a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb and record your answer on the right-hand side of the table. Think about how the word is used in the sentence. What is its function?

Each vocabulary word is underlined and bolded:

  1. The woman from the village was the first to lament the death of her neighbor.
  2. He was perplexed by the puzzle and did not understand where each piece fit.
  3. The young man apprehensively approached the teacher to tell her that he once again forgot his homework.
  1. The pearl buyers were in collusion with each other; they would buy the pearl for the lowest possible price.
  1. The contemptuous doctor treated Kino’s people as though they were animals.
  2. The monotonous voice of the teacher droned on and on.
  3. Kino was weary after a long day of diving for pearls.
  4. Waiting in the long line for tickets, Lucy’s petulance became more and more obvious.
  5. The hot summer sun caused lethargy among the people on the beach.
  6. The remote village had no cell towers and no internet.

Vocabulary Word
My Guess / Definition / Part of Speech
My Guess
nervously; in a suspicious way
a secret agreement; conspiracy
disrespectful; hateful
an expression of grief or sadness
laziness, exhaustion, lack of energy
same; boring; repetitive
confused; puzzled
irritability; impatience
far apart; out-of-the-way; distant
physically and/or mentally exhausted
# / Vocabulary Word / Definition / Part of Speech
31. / apprehensively / nervously; in a suspicious way / adverb
32. / collusion / a secret agreement; conspiracy / noun
33. / contemptuous / disrespectful; hateful / adjective
34. / lament / an expression of grief or sadness / noun
35. / lethargy / laziness, exhaustion, lack of energy / noun
36. / monotonous / same; boring; repetitive / adjective
37. / perplexed / confused; puzzled / adjective
38. / petulance / irritability; impatience / noun
39. / remote / far apart; out-of-the-way; distant / adjective
40. / weary / physically and/or mentally exhausted / adjective

Flashcard Format Example – Be Sure to Number Your Cards

Front of Card

Word: ascendPOS: verb

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Back of Card

Definition: to move, climb, or go upward;Sentence: With so much daylight

to rise or slant to a higher point.left, the climbers decided to continue to ascend all the way to the peak of the mountain.

Synonym/Example: soar Antonym/Non-Example: descend