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The Pearl Vocabulary List #4 (Vocabulary Words 31-40)
English 8
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.
4. The pearl buyers were in collusion with each other; they would buy the pearl for the
lowest possible price.
5. The contemptuous doctor treated Kino’s people as though they were animals.
6. The monotonous voice of the teacher droned on and on.
7. Kino was weary after a long day of diving for pearls.
8. Waiting in the long line for tickets, Lucy’s petulance became more and more obvious.
9. The hot summer sun caused lethargy among the people on the beach.
10. The remote village had no cell towers and no internet.
Vocabulary Word
My Guess
Definition
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
Part of Speech
My Guess
#
Vocabulary Word
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
apprehensively
collusion
contemptuous
lament
lethargy
monotonous
perplexed
petulance
remote
weary
Definition
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
Part of
Speech
adverb
noun
adjective
noun
noun
adjective
adjective
noun
adjective
adjective
Flashcard Format Example – Be Sure to Number Your Cards
Front of Card
Word:
ascend
POS: verb
Picture:
Back of Card
Definition: to move, climb, or go upward;
to rise or slant to a higher point.
Sentence: With so much daylight
left, the climbers decided to
continue to ascend all the way to
the peak of the mountain.
Synonym/Example: soar
Antonym/Non-Example: descend