Stargirl Vocabulary Chapters 22-25
Part I: Using contextual clues and prior knowledge, write what you think the underlined word
means.
1. My inspection yielded two curious items. One was a wooden bowl half filled with
sand-colored hair.
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2. I’ll do it for a few more years, then I’ll give it to his parents to give to him when he’s older
and ready to appreciate it.
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3. On his back porch, we talked of a thousand things and laughed and swooned in pipe smoke
and ate pizza.
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4. My first impulse was to drag at the Spanish teacher to the window and say, “Look! She
loves me!” My second impulse was to run outside and rip the sign away.
Stargirl Vocabulary Chapters 26-29
5. She was beginning to look vaguely familiar. Tentatively I whispered, “Stargirl?”
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6. The laughing stopped, and from that moment on she did a perfect imitation of a sullen,
pout-lipped teenager.
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7. In my mind’s eye, I pictured her aiming her incredible zeal and energy exclusively at the
Electrons. We could have won games on her cheering alone.
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8. This sort of silliness went on until we rounded the mesa and saw the brown mist on the
horizon that announced our approach to the city of Phoenix.
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9. Accustomed to seeing stiff, mortified contestants, the audience responded with uncertain
titters. They didn’t know what to make of this unconventional teenager anymore than we had
on the first day of school.
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10. We swung around back to the parking lot and – yes– there was a car, and another car. . . .
[Dori] stood apart from the teachers, alone in the black shimmery sea of asphalt.
Stargirl Vocabulary Three: Match the words with the definitions.
___1. Curious A. Eager to acquire knowledge
___2. Appreciate B. Faint
___3. Swoon C. Urge
___4. Impulse D. To be thankful or show gratitude for
___5. Tentatively E. Out of the ordinary; unusual
___6. Sullen F. Pavement
___7. Zeal G. Brooding; gloomy
___8. Mesa H. Uncertainly; experimentally
___9. Unconventional I. Enthusiasm
___10. Asphalt J. Flat-topped elevation with one or more cliff-like sides
Stargirl Vocabulary Three: Match the words with the definitions.
___1. Curious A. Eager to acquire knowledge
___2. Appreciate B. Faint
___3. Swoon C. Urge
___4. Impulse D. To be thankful or show gratitude for
___5. Tentatively E. Out of the ordinary; unusual
___6. Sullen F. Pavement
___7. Zeal G. Brooding; gloomy
___8. Mesa H. Uncertainly; experimentally
___9. Unconventional I. Enthusiasm
___10. Asphalt J. Flat-topped elevation with one or more cliff-like sides
Stargirl Vocabulary Three: Match the words with the definitions.
___1. Curious A. Eager to acquire knowledge
___2. Appreciate B. Faint
___3. Swoon C. Urge
___4. Impulse D. To be thankful or show gratitude for
___5. Tentatively E. Out of the ordinary; unusual
___6. Sullen F. Pavement
___7. Zeal G. Brooding; gloomy
___8. Mesa H. Uncertainly; experimentally
___9. Unconventional I. Enthusiasm
___10. Asphalt J. Flat-topped elevation with one or more cliff-like sides