AMONG THE HIDDEN VOCABULARY LIST 1 TAKE OUT

AMONG THE HIDDEN VOCABULARY LIST #1

TAKE OUT A PIECE OF LINED PAPER • On it write the following: Among the Hidden Vocabulary List #1

1. Defiance (N) – Outright disobedience; resistance to authority (p. 2 They had defied the government once, with Luke. That had taken all the defiance they had in them. )

2. Protested (v) – claimed, declared, or professed (p. 2 “But the Government’s not going to live in the houses, ” Luke protested. )

3. Superstition (n) – belief NOT based on reason or knowledge; unfounded fear (p. 10 “…I wasn’t really scared then. It was just superstition. I didn’t want to brag. ”)

4. Idly (adv) – without much thought, effort, or concern (p. 12 - Luke lay on his stomach on the floor and idly ran the toy train back and forth on the track. )

5. Careened (v) – moved in an uncontrolled way (p. 13 – Now he gave the toy train a shove, and it careened off the track. )

6. Caravan (n) – a group traveling together (p. 22 – He knew from watching through the vent the past few days that the caravan of vehicles came up the road like a parade. )

7. Curt (adj) – rudely brief (p. 23 – Usually the Garners’ mail was just bills or thin envelopes carrying curt orders from the Government about how much corn to plant, which fertilizer to use, and where to take their crop when it was harvested.

8. Belch (n or v) – a burp (n) or to burp (v) (p. 24 Only after his last belch did he turn the envelope over and run a dirt-rimmed fingernail under the flap. )

9. Retrieve (v) – get or bring something back (p. 27 – “Why, that’s–” she seemed to be doing the math in her head as she bent to retrieve it. )

10. Stupefied (v) – astonished or shocked (p. 29 – Even Mark, who normally had a smart-alecky comeback for everything, was stupefied. )