Monday, September 29, 2008

vocab

You have tried to figure out the meanings of the vocabulary words for Book Two: Flight.

Now match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions. If there are words for which you

cannot figure out the definition by contextual clues and by process of elimination, look them up in a dictionary.

21. foreboding A. ambition

22. rendered B. suggestive of doing good

23. accord C. escaped from one's understanding

24. eluded D. agreement

25. lingering E. one who is against all forms of government

26. aspiration F. predicting something bad for the future

27. morass G. something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms

28. benevolent H. maze

29. anarchists I. remaining, as though reluctant to leave

30. peeved J. carry on through hardships

31. yearning K. added to; supplemented

32. reproach L. to flow from

33. queer M. calmed

34. lulled N. strange

35. endure O. vexed; angry

36. ebbed P. disapproval

37. alibi Q. thought; came to a conclusion based on present evidence

38. conjectured R. an excuse; a way to prove one could not have committed a

crime

39. imperiously S. longing

40. awe T. a mixed emotion of reverence, respect and dread

41. impalpable U. can't be grasped by touch or in the mind

42. labyrinth V. made; caused to be

43. augmented W. overbearingly; pressingly, urgently

44. vigilantes X. people who take the law into their own hands

45. exhorted Y. urged through arguments and appeals

vocab flight

You have tried to figure out the meanings of the vocabulary words for Book Two: Flight.

Now match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions. If there are words for which you

cannot figure out the definition by contextual clues and by process of elimination, look them up in a dictionary.

21. foreboding A. ambition

22. rendered B. suggestive of doing good

23. accord C. escaped from one's understanding

24. eluded D. agreement

25. lingering E. one who is against all forms of government

26. aspiration F. predicting something bad for the future

27. morass G. something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms

28. benevolent H. maze

29. anarchists I. remaining, as though reluctant to leave

30. peeved J. carry on through hardships

31. yearning K. added to; supplemented

32. reproach L. to flow from

33. queer M. calmed

34. lulled N. strange

35. endure O. vexed; angry

36. ebbed P. disapproval

37. alibi Q. thought; came to a conclusion based on present evidence

38. conjectured R. an excuse; a way to prove one could not have committed a

crime

39. imperiously S. longing

40. awe T. a mixed emotion of reverence, respect and dread

41. impalpable U. can't be grasped by touch or in the mind

42. labyrinth V.urged through arguments and appeals

43. augmented W. overbearingly; pressingly, urgently

44. vigilantes X. people who take the law into their own hands

45. exhorted Y. made; caused to be

Monday, September 22, 2008

native son

Read "Flight" for the following question.

How is the ransom money to be delivered?