Tuck Everlasting Vocabulary 2 nd six weeks

Vocabulary: turn to Wordplay in your journal and write these words and definitions Ambled – (V) to walk with no purpose 36 - Bovine – (N) having qualities of cows or oxen 37 - Contemplation (V)– to think about something 38 - Melancholy – (ADJ) a sad mood, maybe thinking about the past..

Oct 9 th - Vocabulary: turn to Wordplay in your journal and write these words and definitions. 39- Rueful - exciting pity or sympathy 40- Intrusion – to force your way inside 41- Grimace – a twisting of the face 42- Exasperate – to make angry 43 – Jaunty – lively in manner or appearance.

Oct 11 th - Vocabulary: turn to Wordplay in your journal and write these words and definitions. 44- Galling – irritating; annoying 45 – Plaintively – expressing suffering 46 – Dismay – sudden loss of courage 47 – Implore – to call or pray for deeply 48 – falter – to move unsteadily; to stumble.

Vocab Monday October 28th 53-Skittering – to move rapidly along a surface, skip or glide quickly 54-Anguish – very great pain or grief 55-Barbarian – person who is not civilized 56-Illiterates – people who are unable to read or write 57-Constable – police officer

Vocab Wednesday October 30th 58-Cahoots – questionable collaboration; secret partnership 59-Accommodation – something that meets a need, a convenience; lodging 60-Gander – a look or a glance 61-Peril – chance of harm; danger; put in danger 62-Alien - stranger

Vocab Immense – very, very large; huge; vast 63-Fatal – causing death 64-Petulance – being upsetting; bad humor 65-Unflinchingly – not drawing back from difficulty, danger, or pain 66-Acrid – sharp, bitter, or stinging to the nose, mouth or skin

Vocab 67-Exertion – effort; putting into action 68-Parched – made or become hot and dry or thirsty 69-Ponderous – very heavy; tiresome 70-Gentility – good manners 71-Exulant – celebrating; triumphant

Vocab 72-Accomplice – a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing 73-Staunchly – firm and steadfast; true; faithfully 74-Gait – a manner of walking; or running 75-Revulsion – a strong feeling of distaste or dislike 76-Verandah – a large, open porch that usually is covered and wraps around a house