BTGHS+Vocabulary

Vocabulary Lists

As you move through each section of __By the Great Horn Spoon__, define each vocabulary word. If possible, write the sentence the vocab word is used and page number you found it on. Make sure to write your initials in parentheses after your entry to receive credit!

__**Section 1 (Ch 1- 3)**__ slake - He had been sucking a raw potato to __slake__ his thirst.Pg.5(J.A) dire - He had read dire accounts of the treatment handed out to stowaways on ship of the sea.pg.6 (Luis) lurch - penetrate - clamor - Hundreds of gold-seekers had been left at the dock clamoring for passage.Pg 3(AR) imperative - cholera - baffle/baffled - despicable - scoundrel -"We'll catch the thieving scoundrel at last!"Pg 22(Jasmine) suspicion - anxious - fierce - balance - rogue - undaunted - dispirited - molting - "Captain Swain says my nose looks like a molting chicken." pg.32(julissa) oozed -

__**Section 2 (Ch 4 - 7)**__ latitude - banshee - tarry - exotic - That night, when Praiseworthy and Jack returned to their ship, their arms were loaded with __exotic__ fruits never seen at home in boston-bananas and pineapples and guavas.Pg.47(J.A) guava - That night, when Praiseworthy and Jack returned to their ship, their arms were loaded with __exotic__ fruits never seen at home in Boston -bananas and pineapples and __guavas__. Pg 47(AR) horrendous - impending - An air of impending adventure ran through the ship. Pg 52 (J.T.) yarn - inclement - Patagonia - monotony - becalmed - languished - ration(Ed) - stalwart -

__**Section 3 (Ch 8 - 11)**__ frigate - There were not only gold ships, but Navy frigates and Chinese junks and the going and coming of longboats.Pg 87(AR) dilemma - A situation which is difficult.(bella) amble(d) - hospitality -"Praiseworthy's patience was a marvel- and an exasperation."pg.112(j.r.) courteous - "Been on the verge of breakin' in on your conversation, but it didn't seem __courteous__."Pg.90(J.A) necessity - obliged - lunatic - undertaker - "He tells us he's an undertaker.pg.102(Jasmine) awesome - extremely impressive or daunting. patience - exasperated - jostling - imposter - extractor -

__**Section 4 (Ch 12 - 15)**__ elated - Jack's feet ached from hours in the ice cold mountain stream, but he was too elated to care.Pg 125 (AR) peer(ing) - To look narrowly or searching.(GS) exaggerate - Gentlemen, our good friend and traveling companion, Mr. Jonas T. Fletcher, appears to have spread a grossly exaggerated account of what happened.Pg 129.(AR) notoriety - bedrock -" Once we hit bedrock there's no tellin' the riches down there," the miner declared.pg.139(j.r.) petrified - elegant - Jack gazed at Praiseworthy as if a complete stranger had been hiding through the years under the __elegant__ manners of a butler.Pg.142(J.A) emerge(d) - idly - fisticuffs - If I remember correctly it was called The Gentlemen's Book of Boxing, or The Fine Art of Fisticuffs Explained and Illustrated -she was afraid it might fall into your hands, I suppose.Pg.150 (Luis) __**Section 5 (Ch 16 - 18**____**)**__ festivities - A lot of the boys has taken the day off for the festivities.Pg 161 (AR) heinous - "But horse stealin' is a heinous crime and you got to pay the penalty."pg.163(j.r.) dispatch - interfere - reprieve - cantankerous - exuberance - savor - taste good food or drink and enjoy it completely(Bianca) invincible - vigilant -