The Veldt vocabulary assignment
Find where you normally sit (in the tone spot, the theme spot, etc.) ONLY do the words for your
column. (If I’m tone, I’m only looking up words 1-6. Theme, I’m only looking up words 7-11, etc.)
Tone
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Veldt
Sensitized
Automaticity
Reproduced
Perspiration
Conceived
Theme
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Clinical
Sedative
Telepathic
Emanations
Subsided
Imagery
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Contraptions
Animated
Neurotic
Insufferable
Intersperse
Diction
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
Conjuring
Persecuted
Abrupt
Contemplating
Engrossed
For each of your words, find a definition you can understand. Also, write down your own sentence
using the word. Finally, draw a picture that will help you remember the word. For instance, if I’m
“tone,” my first word might look like this:
VELDT
Definition: open grassland in Southern Africa
Sentence: We took a vacation to the veldt and saw interesting animals like zebras!
Picture: