1. Lou Gehrig Vocabulary Words Houghton Mifflin Reading Theme 5 - Journeys Created by Mike Brewer  2008

2. See if you can correctly identify the following vocabulary words.

3. If necessary, use the context clues from the sample sentences to help you.

4. Immigrants

5. Sample Sentence: Immigrants came from many different countries. immigrants

6. Definition: noun. People who leave their homeland and come to a new country immigrants

7. accountant

8. Sample Sentence: The man who took care of Lou’s finances was an accountant. accountant

9. Definition: n. A person whose job is to help people or companies handle their money. accountant

10. engineer

11. Sample Sentence: The engineer worked all night to make sure the design was correct. engineer

12. Definition: n. A person whose job is to use scientific knowledge to build or design things. engineer

13. scout

14. Sample Sentence: The team scout looked at all the players before making a decision. scout

15. Definition: noun. A person hired by a team to search for talented athletes to sign up. scout

16. consecutive

17. Sample Sentence: Coby Bryant played in 126 consecutive games over the past two years. consecutive

18. Definition: adj. one following right after the other consecutive

19. modest

20. Sample Sentence: The boy was very modest after saving the little girl’s life. modest

21. Definition: adj. having a quiet, humble view of oneself modest

22. apparent

23. Sample Sentence: It was apparent to the detectives that the butler committed the crime. apparent

24. Definition: adj. easily seen or understood. apparent

25. prototype

26. Sample Sentence: The car company was working on a prototype car that would drive itself. prototype

27. Definition: noun. an original example prototype

28. array

29. Sample Sentence: The students were arranged in an array from tallest to shortest. array

30. Definition: a group arranged in an order noun. a group arranged in an order array

31. hero

32. Sample Sentence: The hero firefighter walked into the burning building to bring the baby out. hero

33. Definition: n. A remarkably brave person; someone admired hero