The Book Thief Vocabulary
Words from Part 1: Death and Chocolate (in which I do not know their meanings)
Answers may vary depending on a student’s vocabulary level. The bottom half of the chart contains examples of correct and incorrect student responses. Students should use context clues, knowledge of roots words, and knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to help them determine the meaning of 4 of their vocabulary words. They should then check themselves by verifying the definition in the dictionary. It is helpful to discuss the words they misidentify and help them look for what clues they missed so they can improve that skill.
A Amiable, agreeable, affable, alluding
M Merges, multitude
N B
C
D Diverse
O
P Protestations, perpetual
E
F
G Genially
Q
R
S Suffices, spectrum
H Hindered
I Intonations, increments
J
K
L
T
U
V
W
X,
Y, Z
Variables

The Book Thief Vocabulary
Words from Part 1: Death and Chocolate (in which I do not know their meanings)
Word In Context
(page and paragraph number included)
As I have been alluding to, my one saving grace is distraction. (Pg. 2
Paragraph 14)
People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it’s quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations each passing moment.
(pg.2 paragraph 13)
It’s the story of one of those perpetual survivors- an expert at being left behind.
*Some
, with fanatical
Germans (pg. 2 paragraph 22)
What do you think it means?
Brightness or darkness of a color
Doing something a lot or over and over again
Being a intense fan of something
How did you figure it out? (What context or other clues did you
Hinting or suggesting Death had already
If she is an expert at being left behind she must have experience with it.
It has the root word
‘fan’ in it and many
Germans during
WW2 were so proud to be German they thought they were better than everyone else. use?) mentioned that he looks at the colors to relax when he comes for a person in paragraph 11.
Paragraph 13 is describing how colors change throughout the day; they might go from dark to light as the sun comes up or dark when it goes down.
Conformation – Were you correct or incorrect
(definition of the word from dictionary)
CORRECT!
To make an indirect reference
Incorrect
The rise and fall of the voice as someone speaks
CORRECT!
Continuing or lasting for an indefinitely long time
CORRECT! surpassing what is normal or accepted in enthusiasm for or belief in something; excessively or unusually dedicated or devoted