DO NOW

1. DO NOW • Take out your homework from last night (defs and pos) and leave out on your desk so I can come around and check it. • Complete the 3rd page of the Vocabulary Building packet. • Copy your homework into your agenda. • Read the AIM. • AIM: To learn some of the vocabulary in The Pearl to help us with reading comprehension.

2. The Pearl Vocabulary Lists 1-4

3. List #5 (which is List #1 for The Pearl) Chapters 1 and 2

4. Parable • Noun • A short fictitious story that teaches a lesson or moral • Synonyms: fable, allegory • Antonyms: none

5. Plaintive • Adjective • Expressing suffering or woe • Synonyms: agonized, heartbroken, lamentable, mournful, sorrowful, rueful, woeful • Antonyms: cheerful, happy

6. Avarice • Noun • Excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain • Syn: covetousness, greediness • Ant: generosity, philanthropy

7. Indigent • Adjective • Suffering from extreme poverty • Syn: broke, destitute, poor • Ant: affluent, rich, wealthy

8. Suppliant • Both Noun and Adj • Noun: someone who pleads or solicits • Adjective: pleading, beseeching, imploring, begging

9. Estuary • noun • An inlet of the sea • SYN: channel • ANT: none

10. Bulwark • Noun • Thing or person who shields or defends • SYN: guard, stronghold, barrier • ANT: weakness, weak point

11. undulating • Adjective • Wavy in motion or appearance • SYN: billowy, rolling • ANT: straight, flat, untwisted • Verb • To rise and fall in waves

12. Speculative • Adjective • In a thoughtful, evaluating way • SYN: contemplative, deep in thought • ANT: unreflective, disregarding

13. Incandescence • Noun • Brilliant gleam; bright glow • SYN: radiance, shine, luminescence • ANT: darkness, dullness

14. List #6(which is List #2 for The Pearl) Words found throughout Chapter 3

15. benediction • Noun • something that promotes goodness or well-being • SYN: blessing • ANT: curse

16. clamor • Noun • A loud, continuous noise • SYN: outcry, roar • ANT: quiet, silence

17. consecrate • Adjective • Dedicated for a sacred purpose • SYN: blessed, holy, hallowed • ANT: unhallowed, unconsecrated

18. cozen • Verb • To mislead, win over, or to make someone do something by smooth trickery • SNY: bamboozle, beguile, deceive, trick • ANT: undeceive, reveal, expose

19. dissemble • Verb • To hide under a false appearance • To conceal facts, intentions, or feelings • SYN: assume, bluff, pretend • ANT: none

20. furtive • Adjective • Sly; done by stealth • SYN: sneaky, shady, shifty • ANT: open, public

21. lucent • Adj • Glowing with light; luminous • SYN: crystal-clear, bright, transparent • ANT: cloudy, opaque

22. precipitate • Verb • To bring about abruptly; to throw violently; to hurl • No syn and ant

23. semblance • Noun • Outward appearance • SYN: disguise, act, façade, front

24. subjugate • Verb • To bring someone/something under your control • SYN: subdue, conquer, dominate • ANT: emancipate, liberate

25. List #7(which is List #3 in The Pearl) Words found in Chapters 4 and 5

26. benign • Adjective • Showing kindness or gentleness • Harmless • SYN: inoffensive; innocuous, safe • ANT: dangerous, damaging, injurious

27. coagulate • Verb • To become thick or to gather into a mass • SYN: clot, congeal • Near ANT: liquefy; melt

28. collusion • Noun • secret agreement or cooperation, especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose • SYN: conspiracy • NO ANTONYMS

29. countenance • Noun: expression or look on one’s face • Verb: to give approval or to sanction

30. edifice • Noun • A large building or structure • SYN: cathedral, palace, tower • NO ANT

31. keen (appears “keening” in the text) • Verb • to make a loud and long cry of sorrow • SYN: lament, mourn, wail, moan • ANT: crow, rejoice

32. lethargy • Noun • Abnormal drowsiness • The state of being lazy, indifferent, or sluggish • SYN: languor, lassitude, listlessness, stupor • ANT: vigor, vitality, vivacity

33. searing • Adjective • very hot • marked by extreme intensity • SYN: fervent, boiling, scalding • ANT: arctic, glacial

34. spurn (appears “spurned” in the text) • Verb • 1: to tread sharply or heavily upon • SYN: trample • Verb • 2: to reject with disdain or contempt • SYN: scorn, reject • ANT: accept, agree

35. stalwart • Adjective • marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit • SYN: courageous, dauntless • ANT: chicken-hearted, cowardly, spineless

36. List #8(which is List #4 of The Pearl) Words found throughout Ch. 6

37. escarpment • Noun • Steep cliff • SYN: bluff, precipice • No ANT

38. intercession • Noun • The making of please or prayers on behalf on someone else • SYN: intervention, negotiate, chime in • ANT: disregard, ignore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTVsnK8RGvs&safe=active

39. irresolution • Noun • Indecision or hesitation • SYN: vacillation, hesitancy • ANT: resolution, certainty

40. germane • Adjective • Similar or relevant to • SYN: pertinent, related, fitting • ANT: extraneous, irrelevant, pointless

41. guttural • Adjective • Formed or pronounced in the throat • Throaty or rasping (hoarse) • NO SYN OR ANT

42. malignant • Adjective • Dangerous and deadly • SYN: evil, injurious • ANT: benign, harmless

43. petulant • Adjective • Irritable; peevish; rude • SYN: crabby; grouchy; ornery • ANT: affable; cordial, amiable

44. Pivot (appears in book as “pivoting”) • Verb • To turn • SYN: spin, rotate, wheel • ANT: none • Start clip at 3 mins 30 secs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJYH4lO6Bug&safe=active

45. sinister • Adjective • Evil • Accompanied by or leading to disaster • SYN: dire, foreboding, menacing, ominous • ANT: unthreatening

46. ulcerous • Adjective • Affected with an ulcer (an ulcer is something that festers and corrupts like a open sore) • Corrupt and rotting • NO SYN or ANT