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.

The Pearl Vocabulary

Lists 1-4

List #5 (which is List #1 for The Pearl)

Chapters 1 and 2

Parable

• Noun• A short fictitious story

that teaches a lesson or moral

• Synonyms: fable, allegory• Antonyms: none

Plaintive

• Adjective• Expressing suffering or

woe• Synonyms: agonized,

heartbroken, lamentable, mournful, sorrowful, rueful, woeful

• Antonyms: cheerful, happy

Avarice

• Noun• Excessive or insatiable desire

for wealth or gain• Syn: covetousness, greediness• Ant: generosity, philanthropy

Indigent

• Adjective• Suffering from extreme

poverty• Syn: broke, destitute,

poor• Ant: affluent, rich,

wealthy

Suppliant

• Both Noun and Adj• Noun: someone who

pleads or solicits• Adjective: pleading,

beseeching, imploring, begging

Estuary

• noun• An inlet of the sea• SYN: channel• ANT: none

Bulwark

• Noun• Thing or person who

shields or defends• SYN: guard, stronghold,

barrier• ANT: weakness, weak

point

undulating

• Adjective• Wavy in motion or

appearance• SYN: billowy, rolling• ANT: straight, flat,

untwisted

• Verb• To rise and fall in waves

Speculative

• Adjective• In a thoughtful,

evaluating way• SYN: contemplative,

deep in thought• ANT: unreflective,

disregarding

Incandescence

• Noun• Brilliant gleam; bright

glow• SYN: radiance, shine,

luminescence• ANT: darkness, dullness

List #6(which is List #2 for The Pearl)

Words found throughout Chapter 3

benediction

• Noun• something that

promotes goodness or well-being

• SYN: blessing• ANT: curse

clamor

• Noun• A loud, continuous noise• SYN: outcry, roar• ANT: quiet, silence

consecrate

• Adjective• Dedicated for a sacred

purpose• SYN: blessed, holy,

hallowed• ANT: unhallowed,

unconsecrated

cozen

• Verb• To mislead, win over, or to

make someone do something by smooth trickery

• SNY: bamboozle, beguile, deceive, trick

• ANT: undeceive, reveal, expose

dissemble

• Verb• To hide under a false

appearance• To conceal facts, intentions,

or feelings• SYN: assume, bluff, pretend• ANT: none

furtive

• Adjective• Sly; done by stealth• SYN: sneaky, shady, shifty• ANT: open, public

lucent

• Adj• Glowing with light;

luminous• SYN: crystal-clear, bright,

transparent• ANT: cloudy, opaque

precipitate

• Verb• To bring about

abruptly; to throw violently; to hurl

• No syn and ant

semblance

• Noun• Outward appearance• SYN: disguise, act,

façade, front

subjugate

• Verb• To bring someone/something

under your control• SYN: subdue, conquer,

dominate• ANT: emancipate, liberate

List #7(which is List #3 in The Pearl)

Words found in Chapters 4 and 5

benign

• Adjective• Showing kindness or

gentleness• Harmless• SYN: inoffensive;

innocuous, safe• ANT: dangerous,

damaging, injurious

coagulate

• Verb• To become thick or to

gather into a mass• SYN: clot, congeal• Near ANT: liquefy; melt

collusion

• Noun• secret agreement or

cooperation, especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose

• SYN: conspiracy• NO ANTONYMS

countenance

• Noun: expression or look on one’s face

• Verb: to give approval or to sanction

edifice

• Noun• A large building or

structure• SYN: cathedral, palace,

tower• NO ANT

keen (appears “keening” in the text)

• Verb• to make a loud and long

cry of sorrow • SYN: lament, mourn,

wail, moan• ANT: crow, rejoice

lethargy

• Noun• Abnormal drowsiness• The state of being lazy,

indifferent, or sluggish• SYN: languor, lassitude,

listlessness, stupor • ANT: vigor, vitality,

vivacity

searing

• Adjective• very hot• marked by extreme

intensity • SYN: fervent, boiling,

scalding• ANT: arctic, glacial

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

stalwart

• Adjective• marked by outstanding strength

and vigor of body, mind, or spirit • SYN: courageous, dauntless• ANT: chicken-hearted, cowardly,

spineless

List #8(which is List #4 of The Pearl)

Words found throughout Ch. 6

escarpment

• Noun• Steep cliff • SYN: bluff, precipice• No ANT

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

irresolution

• Noun• Indecision or hesitation• SYN: vacillation, hesitancy• ANT: resolution, certainty

germane

• Adjective• Similar or relevant to• SYN: pertinent, related,

fitting• ANT: extraneous,

irrelevant, pointless

guttural

• Adjective• Formed or pronounced in the

throat• Throaty or rasping (hoarse)• NO SYN OR ANT

malignant

• Adjective• Dangerous and deadly• SYN: evil, injurious• ANT: benign, harmless

petulant• Adjective• Irritable; peevish; rude• SYN: crabby; grouchy; ornery• ANT: affable; cordial, amiable

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

sinister

• Adjective• Evil• Accompanied by or

leading to disaster• SYN: dire, foreboding,

menacing, ominous• ANT: unthreatening

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