Talkin’ About Tuck Everlasting

1. Talkin’ About Tuck Everlasting Tuck Everlasting Vocabulary Weeks 1-3

2. Tranquil The scenery was so tranquil, it practically put me to sleep.

3. TRANQUILPeaceful, calm, serene

4. Infinite Buzz Lightyear says, “To infinity and beyond!”

5. INFINITELimitless or endless; goes on forever.

6. Abruptly The car stopped abruptly when it crashed into the wall.

7. ABRUPTLY Suddenly, without warning.

8. Meager The children waited in line for a meager amount of rice.

9. MEAGERSmall amount of.

10. Melancholy The man was feeling a lot of melancholy after his dog died, but his wife tried to cheer him up.

11. MELANCHOLY Sad, depressed.

12. Rueful The player felt very rueful after he missed a goal, causing his team to lose the cricket match.

13. RUEFUL Regretful, remorseful

14. Exasperated The woman felt exasperated by her children because they laid down in the middle of the street.

15. EXASPERATED Irritate immensely, infuriate

16. Irrelevant Mike Ditka’s suit was irrelevant to the Bears’ win.

17. IRRELEVANT Not important or unrelated to the current topic

18. Scornful Matt Damon gave a scornful look to the extras because they were talking during his important scene.

19. SCORNFULFeeling or expressing contempt, treating someone in a way as if you think they are worthless.

20. Peculiar The pumpkins all looked peculiar when they were picked from the patch.

21. PECULIARStrange, odd

22. Vanity He showed a lot of vanity about himself when he kept looking at how beautiful he was in the mirror.

23. VANITYBeing very prideful of one’s own appearance or accomplishments

24. They were dancing so vigorously; they looked like a blur on the dance floor. She was running very vigorously; she almost ran out of breath. Vigorous

25. VIGOROUSHaving great energy, force, and activity.

26. Disarray No one could find the books in the library because they were in a state of disarray on the floor.

27. DISARRAYA state of disorganization.

28. Elation She was screaming with elation after the team won the soccer match!

29. ELATIONGreat happiness and exhilaration.

30. Silhouettes The silhouettes of the people appeared as an outline in the painting.

31. SILHOUETTES A dark shape or outline of something or someone against a lighter background.

32. Anguish The woman was experiencing a lot of anguish after her cat ran away.

33. ANGUISHSevere mental or physical pain and suffering.

34. Lingered The bird lingered on the ground for over an hour looking for the worm.

35. LINGERED Stay in one place longer than necessary.

36. Gestured The man gestured to his watch to show what time it was.

37. GESTUREDA movement of part of the body.

38. Gallows The gallows were used to hang criminals in the 1800s.

39. GALLOWSA device or structure used to hang criminals.

40. Persisted The woman persisted all the way through the obstacle course even though it was very hard.

41. PERSISTEDContinue firmly on a path of action or thought process despite barriers in the way.

42. Immense The statue was so immense that people standing underneath of it looked like little ants.

43. IMMENSEExtremely large or great.

44. Fatal The car accident was nearly fatal, but the doctors were able to save all of the passengers of the car.

45. FATALCausing death.

46. Clenched The man clenched his fist so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

47. CLENCHEDClose into a tight ball, especially referred to in anger.

48. Sprawled The cat sprawled out on the floor, trying to stretch after a long nap.

49. SPRAWLEDTo sit, lay, or fall with legs and arms spread out in an awkward way.

50. Babbling The baby was babbling and talking foolishly throughout his bath.