Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Vocabulary Enricher - Ashley

We read from page 90 to 180 in Anne Frank. These are the words that I didn't know.

Page 91, Paragraph 1 "Nothing but tumult and uproar yesterday,"
Tumult - an uproar; great confusion of mind.

Everything was tumult inside the barn.

Page 92, Paragraph 4, "...air raid warning, ack-ack fire..."
Ack-ack - anti-aircraft gunfire.

Ack-ack fire raged outside the building.

Page 94, Paragraph 3 "She is well known as being very pushing, selfish, cunning...also add vanity and coquetry to the list."
Coquetry - flirtatious behavior.

Coquetry should really be put to an end.

Page 96, Paragraph 2 "I sleep on the little divan..."
Divan - a bed without a foot board or head board.

The divan in my house is very uncomfortable.

Page 98, Paragraph 4 "...and at four o' clock the pedantic doctor is standing, clock in hand..."
Pedantic - fastidious, noticing very little details.

"Don't be so pedantic," I told her as she cried over a dot on her painting.

Page 117, Paragraph 3 "Diphtheria reigns in Elli's home..."
Diphtheria - a contagious disease that often makes breathing and swallowing hard.

A strong case of diphtheria has taken over the entire neighborhood.

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