1. Vocabulary – Chapters 24-32
Walk Two Moons
Vocabulary – Chapters 24-32

2. Lesson Objectives
1. Students will be able to recognize and pronounce new vocabulary words. 2. Students will begin to match words to their definitions. 3. Students will create associations between new vocabulary words and real world applications of the words.

3. tentatively hesitantly
I lay down next to her, and Gramps tentatively sat down on the other side.

4. optimistic the tendency to expect the best outcome
Phoebe whispered, “I am not too optimistic about the possibilities of this meal.”

5. miscellaneous varied; mixed
She made her way into the kitchen, trailing all three of them like a fishhook that has snagged a tangle of old tires and boots and other miscellaneous rubbish.

6. unadulterated
pure
I don’t suppose you have any unadulterated vegetables?

7. migraine an intense periodically returning headache
Ten minutes later, Phoebe mentioned that she was getting a headache. It might even be a migraine.

8. stillborn dead when delivered from the womb
They reminded me of my parents, before the stillborn baby, before the operation.

9. besieging
harassing
She did not have a chance to respond, because we were at her house, and she was more interested in besieging her father with questions.

10. plagues epidemic diseases that are deadly
Inside the box were all the evils in the world, such as hatred, envy, plagues, sickness, and cholesterol.

11. Old Faithful
a noted geyser in Yellowstone National Park, which erupts about every 67 minutes
Oh, I would love to see Old Faithful.
Eruptions can shoot 3,700 to 8,400 US gallons (14,000 to 32,000 l) of boiling water to a height of 106 to 185 feet (32 to 56 m) lasting from 1.5 to 5 minutes. The average height of an eruption is 145 feet (44 m).[7] The highest recorded eruption was 185 feet (56 m). Intervals between eruptions can range from 45 to 125 minutes, averaging 66.5 minutes in 1939,[8] slowly increasing to an average of 90 minutes apart today

12. Vocabulary – Chapters 29-32
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Vocabulary – Chapters 29-32

13. rhododendron a shrub with showy flowers of pink, white, or purple
She explained about her mother disappearing, and the note from Mrs. Cadaver, and Mrs. Cadaver’s missing husband, and the rhododendron, and finally about the lunatic and the mysterious messages.

14. reluctant
unwilling
Phoebe said, “Come on,” and she started up the walk. I admit I was reluctant.

15. ghastly horrible; frightful
Two chairs were covered in similar ghastly designs.

16. horrid causing a feeling of horror; ugly; unpleasant
You don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re being horrid.

17. crucial
of supreme importance
It was a necessary, crucial thing to do.

18. pious having or showing religious devotion
Christy wore a pious look, as if God Himself had just come down from heaven to sit on her desk.

19. hypnotized put into a trance-like condition
I think he hypnotized her, because Beth Ann sat down slowly.

20. berserk in a state of violent or destructive rage or frenzy
When the bell rang, people went berserk.

21. The End