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Tangerine 4 Vocabulary Practice
Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Words will be used only once! Points will be deducted
for a misspelled word.
capsize
retaliate
1. Paul
bowl.
2. My friend, Bill’s
3. She
teacher.
rogue
withering
archenemy
vehemently
catapulted unflinching
agonizing despised
(ed) on his older brother for burning his toast by putting salt in the sugar
_______
________
was Eddie. They never could get along.
denied to her parents that she had received detention from her English
4. They then transferred the youths ashore, at one point the lifeboat being almost
__
(ed) by
breaking surf.
5. Governments and community leaders are
over a decision to go to war.
6. The website carries a
Commission report.
7. The convict stood
critique of the government's response to the Royal
before the jury. He had no fear that he would be found not guilty.
8. I have never believed that he could have been a
______
cop. He is just so loveable.
9. I'm sure I saw pumpkins being
into the air, but by late afternoon, all of Mr. Biddy’s
pumpkins were smashed on the opposite side of the parking lot.
seafood so much that she wouldn’t even go to restaurant that served it.
10. She
Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.
1. despised
to dislike somebody or
something intensely and with
contempt
Worried and uneasy.
2. catapulted
Search or inquire in a
meddlesome way.
to throw something with great
force
Worried and uneasy.
3. archenemy
acting or arriving on time;
prompt
Widely known and esteemed.
5. unflinching
expressing scorn or contempt
6. rogue
somebody's main or worst
enemy
to throw something with great
force
4. vehemently
complete control of a product
or service
expressed with or showing
conviction or intense feeling
Worried and uneasy.
Lacking a warm manner;
unfriendly.
strong and unhesitating;
unmoved
7. withering
8. retaliate
To get rid of germs.
to deliberately harm somebody
expressing scorn or contempt
in revenge
with the intention to embarrass
To get rid of germs.
A ukulele, or stringed musical
Of very poor quality or
instrument
condition.
an unscrupulous or dishonest
person, especially somebody
who is also likable
somebody's main or worst
enemy
to throw something with great
force
9. capsize
somebody's main or worst
enemy
to overturn an object, most of
the time on water
Of very poor quality or
condition.
Tangerine Vivid Vocabulary
Across
4. strong and unhesitating; unmoved
5. somebody's main or worst enemy
8. to dislike somebody or something intensely (past tense)
9. to throw something with force
Down
1. showing conviction
2. an unscrupulous or dishonest person
3. expressing scorn or contempt
5. causing much unpleasantness
6. to overturn an object
7. revenge for a harm done
10 of 10 words were placed into the puzzle.
Created by Puzzlemaker at DiscoveryEducation.com
PRE AP Academic Vocabulary Homework 6.5
Matching Definitions:
1. ___________________1st person POV
2. ___________________3rd person omniscient POV
3. ___________________3rd person limited POV
4. ___________________protagonist
5. ___________________pun
A. The main character in a literary work.
B. told from the perspective of a character in
story using pronouns (I or me). Audience is
limited to the viewpoint of that character.
C. A play on words that are identical or similar in
sound but have different meanings
D. a narrative told from the perspective of a
narrator revealing the thoughts and knowledge
of some but not all characters
E. told from the perspective of an “all knowing”
narrator who is not a character.
Fill in the Blank:
1st person POV
protagonist
3rd person omniscient POV
pun
3rd person limited POV
6. In Tangerine, Erik could be considered the ____________________, while Paul is the
________________________.
7. Tangerine is written in this point of view: _______________________.
8. The point of view used in both The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Freak the Mighty:
______________________________________________
9. 3rd person point of views use pronouns such as __________________ , __________________ , and
____________________.
10. Write your own pun!
Example of a pun: When Mercutio is bleeding to death in Romeo and Juliet, he says to his friends, “Ask for
me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.”
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