The Sound of Thunder Word Detective First read the sentence and try to figure out the meaning in context. Then use your thesaurus to find the mean and synonyms 1. Annihilate: And all the families of the families of the families of that one mouse! With a stamp of your foot, you annihilate first one, then a dozen, then a thousand, a million, a billion possible mice!" Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech ________________ 2. Expendable: And the caveman, please note, is not just any expendable man, no! He is an entire future nation. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech ________________ 3. Infinitesimally: Correct. Crushing certain plants could add up infinitesimally. A little error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out of proportion. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech ___________ 4. Primeval: The jungle was alive again, full of the old tremorings and bird cries. Eckels turned slowly to regard the primeval garbage dump, that hill of nightmares and terror. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech ________________ 5. Resilient: It came on great oiled, resilient, striding legs. The fighter was so resilient. He kept taking a beating, but still kept on fighting and eventually won the fight. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech ________________ 6. Revoke: He left it. Oh, the fool! I'll have to report to the government. They might revoke our license to travel. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech ________________ 7. Taint: Eckels stood smelling of the air, and there was a thing to the air, a chemical taint so subtle, so slight, that only a faint cry of his subliminal senses warned him it was there. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech ________________ 8. Subliminal: Eckels stood smelling of the air, and there was a thing to the air, a chemical taint so subtle, so slight, that only a faint cry of his subliminal senses warned him it was there. I smiled at his insulting remark, but my subliminal urge was to smack him. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech ________________ 9. "But if you come back this morning in Time," said Eckels eagerly, you must've bumped into us, our Safari! How did it turn out? Was it successful? Did all of us get through-alive?" Travis and Lesperance gave each other a look. "That'd be a paradox," said the latter. "Time doesn't permit that sort of mess-a man meeting himself. It’s a paradox that to understand love you must be hurt and suffer pain. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech ________________ The Sound of Thunder First read the sentence and try to figure out the meaning in context. Then use your thesaurus to find the mean and synonyms 1. Annihilate: And all the families of the families of the families of that one mouse! With a stamp of your foot, you annihilate first one, then a dozen, then a thousand, a million, a billion possible mice!" Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning Wipe out. Obliterate, destroy, extinguish, exterminate. To kill _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech Verb 2. Expendable: And the caveman, please note, is not just any expendable man, no! He is an entire future nation. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning Disposable, expendable, dispensable, unessential, unnecessary. Something that you could eliminate or do without__________________________ Part of speech Adjective 3. Infinitesimally: Correct. Crushing certain plants could add up infinitesimally. A little error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out of proportion. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning Very minute or small. Minute, minuscule, tiny. Microscopic, insignificant____________________________________________________ Part of speech Adverb 4. Primeval: The jungle was alive again, full of the old tremorings and bird cries. Eckels turned slowly to regard the primeval garbage dump, that hill of nightmares and terror. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning Primitive, Prehistoric, Ancient, Primeval_______________ _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech Adjective 5. Resilient: It came on great oiled, resilient, striding legs. The fighter was so resilient. He kept taking a beating, but still kept on fighting and eventually won the fight. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning Elastic, durable. Flexible, Quick to recover, resistant____ _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech Adjective 6. Revoke: He left it. Oh, the fool! I'll have to report to the government. They might revoke our license to travel. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning Take away the right to do or use something, Rescind, take away, cancel, annul, retract, repeal, invalidate__________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Part of speech Verb 6. Taint: Eckels stood smelling of the air, and there was a thing to the air, a chemical taint so subtle, so slight, that only a faint cry of his subliminal senses warned him it was there. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning spoil, stain, contaminate, dirty, pollute, blemish, smear, disgrace ___________________________________________________________________ Part of speech Verb 8. Subliminal: Eckels stood smelling of the air, and there was a thing to the air, a chemical taint so subtle, so slight, that only a faint cry of his subliminal senses warned him it was there. I smiled at his insulting remark, but my subliminal urge was to smack him. Your guess ___________________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning Subconscious, unconscious, hidden, concealed, hidden___________ ___________________________________________________________________ Part of speech Adjective 9. "But if you come back this morning in Time," said Eckels eagerly, you must've bumped into us, our Safari! How did it turn out? Was it successful? Did all of us get through-alive?" Travis and Lesperance gave each other a look. "That'd be a paradox," said the latter. "Time doesn't permit that sort of mess-a man meeting himself. It’s a paradox that to understand love you must be hurt and suffer pain. Your guess ____________________________________________________ Synonyms/meaning Inconsistency, absurdity, contradiction, irony, illogicality _____________________________________________________________ Part of speech Noun
