English 10
Mrs. Sharp/Ms. Edwards
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“Contents of a Dead Man’s Pockets” VOCABULARY Preview
You will find each of the following words in the story we’re about to read. Preview each of the words, and make a
prediction or educated guess about what each might mean. Use context clues in the sample sentence, your knowledge
of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, or compare the word to another word that looks similar. Underline the words or
word parts that lead you to your prediction. DO NOT LOOK THESE WORDS UP IN A DICTIONARY. The purpose of this
preview is for you to make an educated guess about what each word means, and then check your guesses for accuracy
as we discover each word in the text.
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1. ornamental
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"He saw the yellow sheet, dimly
now in the darkness outside,
lying on the ornamental ledge a
yard below the window.
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2. scud
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"He watched it scud steadily
along the ledge to the south,
half-plastered against the
building wall."
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3. projection
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"He saw that the paper was
caught firmly between a
projection of the convoluted
corner ornament and the
ledge."
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4. convoluted
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"He saw that the paper was
caught firmly between a
projection of the convoluted
corner ornament and the
ledge."."
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5. trough
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"Very slowly, sliding his forehead
down the trough of the brick corner
and bending his knees, he lowered
his body toward the paper..."
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6. deftness
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The strength was gone from his legs; his
shivering hands -- numb, cold, adn
desperately rigid -- had lost all deftness;
his easy ability to move and balance was
gone."
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7. imperceptibly
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"By a kind of trick -- by concentrating
his entire mind on first his left foot,
then his left hand, then the other S SENTENCE:
foot, then the other hand -- he was
able to move, almost imperceptibly."
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8. reveling
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"And he saw himself striding through
it lying down on the floor on his back,
arms spread wide, reveling in its S SENTENCE:
unbelievable security."
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9. rebounded
"His arm rebounded from the
pane.
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10. interminable
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"There'd be a newsreel next,
maybe, then an animated cartoon, SENTENCE:
and then interminable scenes
from coming pictures."
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10. incomprehensible
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"Contents of the dead man's
pockets, he thought, one sheet of SENTENCE:
paper bearing penciled notations - incomprehensible."