Essential Questions for Chapters 5-6
1) What does it mean to be happy?
2) How is one's character revealed or affected in defining moments?
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2) How is one's character revealed or affected in defining moments?
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Vocabulary for Chapters 5-6
- Surge: rise rapidly
Context Sentence: And rage surged in Kino. - Resist: express opposition through action or words
Context Sentence: She knew there was murder in him, and it was all right; she had accepted it, and she would not resist or even protest. - Retrieve: get back or recover
Context Sentence: But now it was gone, and there was no retrieving it. - Abandon: give up with the intent of never claiming again
Context Sentence: And knowing this, she abandoned the past instantly. - Conceive: have the idea for
Context Sentence: Never once did the thought enter his head, any more than he could have conceived breaking a boat. - Lament: a cry of sorrow and grief
Context Sentence: She, being the nearest woman relative, raised a formal lament for the dead of the family. - Rummage: search haphazardly
Context Sentence: As she rummaged in a box by the wall, Kino’s voice said quietly, “Apolonia, do not cry out." - Forestall: keep from happening or arising; make impossible
Context Sentence: And Kino, looking closely, saw deep worry come into his brother’s eyes and he forestalled him in a possible refusal. - Divert: send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
Context Sentence: Juan Tomas went out among the neighbors to divert their suspicions, and he gave them theories and ideas of what had happened to Kino and to Juana and to the baby. - Stifling: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
Context Sentence: The wind screamed over the Gulf and turned the water white, and the mangroves plunged like frightened cattle, and a fine sandy dust arose from the land and hung in a stifling cloud over the sea. - Pelt: attack and bombard with objects
Context Sentence: The wind blew fierce and strong, and it pelted them with bits of sticks, sand, and little rocks. - Exhilaration: the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
Context Sentence: Through his fear of dark and the devils that haunt the night, there came a rush of exhilaration; some animal thing was moving in him so that he was cautious and wary and dangerous; some ancient thing out of the past of his people was alive in him. - Wane: decrease slowly
Context Sentence: At last, to their right, the waning moon arose, and when it came up the wind died down, and the land was still. - Soothe: cause to feel better
Context Sentence: Once Coyotito awakened, and Juana shifted him in front of her and soothed him until he went to sleep again. - Sentinel: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
Context Sentence: But she sat as still as a sentinel, and when Coyotito awakened she placed him on the ground in front of her and watched him wave his arms and kick his feet, and he smiled and gurgled at her until she smiled too. - Goad: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
Context Sentence: Her goading struck into his brain; his lips snarled and his eyes were fierce again. - Monolithic: imposing in size or mass
Context Sentence: But ahead were the naked granite mountains, rising out of erosion nibble and standing monolithic against the sky. - Escarpment: a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge
Context Sentence: There wasn't much left of it then anyway, for every time it fell over an escarpment the thirsty air drank it, and it splashed from the pools to the dry vegetation. - Weary: physically and mentally exhausted
Context Sentence: They came utterly weary to the pool, and Juana slumped to her knees and first washed Coyotito’s face and then filled her bottle and gave him a drink. - Petulant: easily irritated or annoyed
Context Sentence: And the baby was weary and petulant, and he cried softly until Juana gave him her breast, and then he gurgled and clucked against her. - Amulet: a trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
Context Sentence: And then she saw how he hooked his amulet neckstring about the horn handle of his great knife, so that it hung down in front of him. - Germane: relevant and appropriate
Context Sentence: Any sound that was not germane to the night would make them alert. - Deliberately: with intention; in an intentional manner
Context Sentence: Deliberately he threw the lever of the rifle, and then he raised the gun and aimed deliberately and fired. - Hysterical: marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion
Context Sentence: And then Kino’s brain cleared from its red concentration and he knew the sound—the keening, moaning, rising hysterical cry from the little cave in the side of the stone mountain, the cry of death. - Impression: a clear and telling mental image
Context Sentence: And perhaps that was what left the deep impression on those who saw them. - Fatigue: loss of strength and energy
Context Sentence: Her face was hard and lined and leathery with fatigue and with the tightness with which she fought fatigue. - Immune: not affected by a given influence
Context Sentence: He was immune and terrible, and his song had become a battle cry. - Malignant: dangerous to health, often growing in intensity
Context Sentence: And the pearl was ugly; it was gray, like a malignant growth. - Distorted: so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
Context Sentence: And Kino heard the music of the pearl, distorted and insane. - Beckon: summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
Context Sentence: The waving branches of the algae called to it and beckoned to it.
Definitions provided by:
""The Pearl," Vocabulary from Chapters 5-6 30 words." "The Pearl," Vocabulary from Chapters 5-6. Vocabulary.com/New York, 13 Dec. 2013.
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""The Pearl," Vocabulary from Chapters 5-6 30 words." "The Pearl," Vocabulary from Chapters 5-6. Vocabulary.com/New York, 13 Dec. 2013.
Web. 07 Feb. 2015.