The Hitch-Hiker
Vocabulary Activity
Copy the following definitions to the vocabulary words
that will appear in the script.
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satisfying
ghost
putrid, spoiled
to send a telegram
mood
pay road/highway
pay station for toll road
complete/pure
official re-routing of a road
intolerable
greatly feared
to drink alcohol
rails of the railroad/train
calling
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sharp, twisted wire barrier for a farm
to keep your eyes open
to make a rattling sound
hallucinations
completely
to maintain control
cattle/cows
soda
to pass quickly or abruptly
to be overwhelmed with emotion
clean and fresh
flatlands
Copy and complete the following sentences using the vocabulary words
fro “The Hitch-Hiker.” Use the correct form of the word or phrase and
conjugate verbs when necessary.
• The team captain ___________________ with emotion after the loss in
the final round. Coach helped him _________________.
• Western Kansas is characterized by ______________, where one is sure
to find grain silos, wheat fields and prized _______________.
• Concertina is a type of ________________ that is often placed atop
prison walls.
• It is believed in many cultures that ______________ before stressful
activities might provide courage.
• We were in high ____________ despite the rain.
• There are few flavors as nasty as _____________ milk.
• We found the heat in the church to be ________________ at yesterday's
mass.
• __________________________ for a gas station. We are running out of
gas.
• The window shutters ____________ as the wind whipped up and blew
through the living room.
• I used to ____________ money to my mom through Western Union.
• We asked the attendant at the _______________ if there was another
road besides the ____________________. He said that we could take
route nine, but that we'd run into a _______________ and the money
saved wouldn't be worth the delay.
• I ____________ sitting through Professor Wilson's class. His boring
lectures are _______________ torture.
• You just spilled grape __________ on Grandma's _____________, white
tablecloth.
• One unprepared for gritty backwoods living should ignore nature's
___________ in places as rough as the Alaskan Yukon where only the
hardiest frontiersmen survive.