Copper sun vocabulary review

1. Copper sun vocabulary review Ms. K. m. Phillips English 9 PCHS

2. Cajoled • Sentence: Many times he had to be carried or cajoled into continuing the journey. • Part of Speech: Verb • Definition: persuading someone to do something by promising something in return

3. INCONSOLABLE • Sentence: He pushed her in the direction of the kitchen to scream in protest, inconsolable. • Part of Speech: Adjective • Definition: extremely sad and not able to be comforted

4. MAR • Sentence: It might mar our child. • Part of Speech: Verb • Definition: to hurt or damage the good condition of something.

5. sentry • Sentence: Noah continued to stand like a sentry at the door, never moving, never displaying any emotion. • Part of Speech: Noun • Definition: a soldier who guards

6. Rapt • Sentence: Polly looked around with rapt curiosity. • Part of Speech: Adjective • Definition: showing complete interest in something

7. insubordination • Sentence: I will not tolerate insubordination. • Part of Speech: Noun • Definition: the act of disobedience to authority

8. cowered • Sentence: Amari cowered close to Afi, sure that her life was about to end. • Part of Speech: Verb • Definition: to bend in shame

9. lament • Sentence: It was the lament sung at a funeral--a death song. • Part of Speech: Noun • Definition: an expression of grief or sorrow

10. diminutive • Sentence: In spite of Teenie’sdiminutive size, Amari noticed that no one ever questioned her authority in the kitchen, not even the white people who lived in the main house. • Part of Speech: Adjective • Definition: tiny, small in stature

11. assimilate • Sentence: The next three months were hot, confusing, and miserable as Amari tried to assimilate into the culture of plantation life. • Part of Speech: Verb (part of infinitive phrase) • Definition: to adopt the ways of another society

12. indenture • Sentence: Why did you decide to purchase the girl’s indenture? • Part of Speech: Noun • Definition: a contract binding one person to work for another for a given period of time

13. expanse • Sentence: A few stared at the pale blue sky, the deep blue of the unbelievable expanse of water, and the death house that tossed on the waves in the distance. • Part of Speech: Noun • Definition: a large and usually flat open space or area

14. fetid • Sentence: They were whipped and chained and led back to the fetid dungeon where they had been all night. • Part of Speech: Adjective • Definition: having a strong, unpleasant smell

15. surmised • Sentence: Amari surmised that women from many different tribes and countries were imprisoned here---Ibo, Ga, and Mandinka. • Part of Speech: Verb • Definition: having a thought or idea based on a guess

16. acrid • Sentence: The smell of sharp, acrid smoke, not of gentle hearth fires, but of the flames of destruction, followed them. • Part of Speech: Adjective • Definition: bitter and unpleasant in taste or smell

17. chided • Sentence: “You should be helping us make this yarn, my daughter,” her mother chided gently. • Part of Speech: Verb • Definition: expressing mild disapproval

18. emaciated • Sentence: Rats, now grown huge and healthy, chewed on the emaciated bodies of some of the men chained there. • Part of Speech: Adjective • Definition: extremely weak and thin

19. pungent • Sentence: If she closed her eyes, she could almost smell the pungent fish stew. • Part of Speech: Adjective • Definition: a strong, sharp taste or smell

20. indignant • Sentence: Amari still wasn’t sure of how she felt about Polly, who at first seemed to be indignant that she wasn’t working in the big house. • Part of Speech: Adjective • Definition: feeling or showing anger because of something that is unfair or wrong

21. acquisition • Sentence: They had been traveling for almost two hours when Mr. Derby announced, “Well, Clay, what shall we call our latest acquisition?” • Part of Speech: Noun • Definition: something or someone acquired or gained