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, stuporlanguorlassitude listlessnessstupor 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/w atch?v=yJYH4lO6Bug&safe= active http://www.youtube.com/w atch?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