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Vocabulary Building for "The Pearl": Enhancing Reading Comprehension Skills

In today’s lesson, we'll focus on essential vocabulary from "The Pearl" to boost our reading comprehension. Ensure your homework from last night is on your desk for review. We will complete Page 3 of the Vocabulary Building packet and record our assignments in the agenda. The primary aim is to understand terms such as parable, avarice, and indignant, which enhance our grasp of the text. Engage with the vocabulary lists to prepare for upcoming discussions and reading activities.

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Vocabulary Building for "The Pearl": Enhancing Reading Comprehension Skills

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  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

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