Ryan Morelock
VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 9-10
Dracula
Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Contextual Clues
Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the
sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and
write what you think the bolded words mean on the lines provided.
1. “…the ravings of the sick were the secrets of God, and that if a nurse through her vocation
should hear them, she should respect her trust.”
Position or her occupation
2. “I have an appetite like a cormorant, am full of life and sleep well.”
A very vivacious and healthful person
3. “…at last he fell into a paroxysm which exhausted him so that he swooned into a sort of
coma.”
A series of visions or apparitions inside of your head
4. “I told her I should ask you to see her, and though she demurred at first,… she finally
consented.
Tried to deny
5. “…Lucy was left with me. We went into her boudoir, and till we got there her gaiety
remained…”
A woman’s dressing room
6. “But you do not find the good husbandman dig up his planted corn to see if he grow; that is
for the children who play at husbandry, and not for those who take it as of work for their
life.”
Marriage
7. “Van Helsing’s face grew set as marble, and his eyebrows converged till they almost touched
over his nose.”
Came together
8. “…but now, as he took in his stalwart proportions and recognized the strong young
manhood which seemed to emanate from him, his eyes gleamed.”
Sturdy
9. “There was no sign of disease, but the edges were white and worn-looking, as if by some
trituration.”
Withdrawn or taken out
10. “Ah, not if you were like me—if sleep was to you a presage of horror!”
Time before
Part II: Determining the Meaning
Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions
_C.__ 1. vocation
A. voiced opposition; objected
_F.__ 2. cormorant
B. a sudden outburst of emotion or action
_B.__ 3. paroxysm
C. an occupation, especially one for which a person is suited
_A.__ 4. demurred
D. came together from different directions; met
_J.__ 5. boudoir
E. bruising or crushing
_H.__ 6. husbandry
F. a greedy, rapacious person
_D.__ 7. converged
G. an indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen
_I.__ 8. stalwart
H. the practice of growing crops, breeding and raising livestock
_E.__ 9. trituration
I. having or marked by imposing physical strength
_G.__ 10. presage
J. a woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom