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The Pearl: Vocabulary
ELA 8
Pearl Vocabulary: Chapters 1-3
Vocabulary Part of
Word
Speech
Alms
Noun
Money for the poor
Avarice
Noun
Greediness
Bulwark
Noun
Ceaseless
Dissembling
Feinted
Indigent
Lucent
Materialism
Plaintively
Reassure
Scorpion
Semblance
Undulating
Vague
Definition
Protection or
Defense
Adjective Without pause or
stop
Verb
Concealing true
feelings with a false
appearance
Verb
To pretend, to make
a false pretense of
attack
Adjective Needy or poor
Adjective Marked by clarity
Noun
A preoccupation with
material objects
Adverb
Sorrowfully,
mournfully
Verb
To restore to
confidence
Noun
An arachnid with a
venomous/poisonous
tail, and pincers
Noun
Deceptive
appearance
Adjective Wavy in form
Adjective Not clearly
expressed; inexplicit.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Charity, Dole, Benefaction,
offering, Contribution
Covetousness,
frugality, miserliness, pennypinching, stinginess, thriftiness
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Fort, Fortress, Rampart,
Barrier, Parapet
Incessant, infinite, continual
Generosity,
bountifulness,
liberality,
openhandedness
Weak point
Discontinuous, finite
Pretend, feign, conceal,
camouflage, put up a front
Openness, honesty, to
divulge
To fake out, or make believe
Frankness, openness,
truthfulness
Impoverished, destitute,
poverty-stricken
Clear-cut, transparent
consumerist, acquisitive, greedy
Affluent, opulent,
wealthy
Opaque, vague
Spiritual, thrifty
Rueful, woeful, lamenting
Joyful, happy, content
cheer up, comfort, console,
convince, encourage
Discourage,
dishearten, worry
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Façade, guise, camouflage, veil
Expose, reveal,
uncover
Straight, even, flat,
smooth
clear, distinct
bulgy, falling, rippling, rolling,
swelling, swirling,
ambiguous, bleary, blurred, ,
enigmatic, imprecise, obscure,
perplexing, problematic,
unclear, unsure