1. Vocabulary List #6 By: Amber Lee Ciarah Mayoral Christina Paoletti Johana Chai

2.  Part of Speech: Adjective  Definition: Quick action without thinking; sudden/impulsive/hasty  Teacher’s Sent.: “It was Prince Bolo who burst into impetuous speech.” (90)  Sentence: Being the impetuous person she was, Sally didn't think before she spoke to the manager, and ended up fired from another job. Impetuous

4.  Part of Speech: Verb  Definition: To steal or take dishonestly  Teacher’s Sent.:“The servants of the Cultmaster purloined her some hours back.”(90)  Sentence: The robbers briskly purloined the money from the bank and snuck out before the Police noticed them. Purloin

6.  Part of Speech: Adjective  Definition: Filled with sudden fright or horror  Teacher’s Sent.: “Haroun, aghast searched frantically through his bedclothes; but the Disconnector was gone.” (113)  Sentence: The boy was aghast after seeing two yellow eyes peering through his closet door, and therefore couldn't fall asleep. Aghast

8.  Part of speech: Verb  Definition: To make or cause to seem smaller, less, or less important.  Teacher’s Sent.: “The left the Lagoon, and Gup City was diminishing behind them.”(116)  Sentence:“While I was going farther away from the street, the cars were diminishing. Diminish

10.  Part of speech: Noun  Definition: Long outburst, defensive speech.  Teacher’s Sent.: “The old General seemed perfectly happy to listen to these tirades of insults and insuborination without batting an eyelid”(119)  Sentence: “Last night I was listening to these tirades coming out of my grandmother’s mouth, because she was very angry about her burnt cookies.” Tirade

12.  Part of speech: Adjective  Definition: not capable of being repaired, or made good  Teacher’s Sent.: “It was a suicidal mission; they would be defeated, Batcheat would perish, and the ocean would be irreparably ruined.”(121)  Sentence: “The phone that I used for 3 years was irreparably scratched.” Irreparably

14.  Part of speech: Noun  Definition: liveliness, animation, and active  Teacher’s sent.: “It was in those colors that the best parts of the stories were encoded: Vividness, lightness and vivacity.” (122)  Sentence: “Getting involved in group of people helps to find the vivacity of one’s own contribution.” Vivacity

16.  Part of speech: Noun/Verb  Definition: Strong disapproval of something, criticize  Teacher’s Sent.: “Blabbermouth looked delighted at this reprimand; Bolo looked murderous, but held his tongue.” (134)  Sentence: “As I got in to a big trouble my mom gave me a reprimand with her loud voice.” Reprimand

18.  Part of speech: Verb  Definition: To destroy completely, remove  Teacher’s Sent.: “The thick, dark poison was everywhere now, obliterating the colors of the Streams of story.”(146)  Sentence: “When she found a picture when she was ugly, she obliterated the picture by throwing it into the fire.” Obliterate

20.  Part of speech: Adjective  Definition: gloomily(dark), as a person or mood  Teacher’s Sent.: “’It must be a mile long!’ he exclaimed. “Outside, super-colossal, big,’ If morosely agreed.” (151)  Sentence: “My brother is always in a morose mood because of too much homework.” Morose