VOCABULARY CHAPTERS 1 - 4 Freak The Mighty
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 underlined words mean on the lines provided.
1. . . . because I knew what a rotten lie that hug stuff was. Oh, I knew.
That’s when I got my first look at Freak, that year of the phony hugs.
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2. Except later it was Freak himself who taught me that remembering is a great invention of the
mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or
not.
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3. So maybe he wasn’t really all that fierce in day care, except I’m pretty sure he did hit a kid
with his crutch once, whacked the little brat pretty good.
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4. “I said identify yourself, earthling, or suffer the consequences.”
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5. Scuttle into your dim hole in the ground, Maxwell dear.
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6. “All mechanical objects require periodic maintenance. We’ll schedule installation of a new
propulsion unit as soon as the Fair Gwen of Air gets a replacement.”
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7. “Grim would be, I suppose, a sobriquet for your grandfather, based on his demeanor.”
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8. “Grim would be, I suppose, a sobriquet for your grandfather, based on his demeanor.”
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Freak the Mighty Vocabulary Chapters 1 - 4 Continued
Part II: Determining the Meaning
Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.
1 phony a. the way a person behaves
2 invention b. nickname
3 fierce c. run hurriedly with short, quick
steps
4 consequences d. violent or aggressive; ferocious
5 scuttle e. something newly created
6 propulsion f. fake
7 sobriquet g. results of ones actions
8 demeanor h. force that sends forward
Answer
Vocabulary Word
Definition
1.
phony
a. the way a person behaves
2.
invention
3.
fierce
4.
consequences
5.
scuttle
6.
propulsion
f. fake
7.
sobriquet
g. results of one’s actions
8.
demeanor
h. force that sends forward
b. nickname
c. run hurriedly with short, quick steps
d. violent or aggressive; ferocious
e. something newly created
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