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Key Vocabulary – Part Key Vocabulary – Part 11

See if you can See if you can correctly define correctly define

the following the following vocabulary vocabulary

words.words.

If necessary, If necessary, use the context use the context clues from the clues from the

sample sample sentences tosentences to

help you.help you.

gravelygravely

gravelygravelySample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

He was He was gravelygravely ill ill and had to be and had to be

admitted to the admitted to the hospital.hospital.

gravelygravelyDefinition:Definition:

adv.adv. Seriously (in a Seriously (in a serious manner); serious manner);

badlybadly

flintflint

flintflintSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

Matt didn’t have Matt didn’t have any matches, so he any matches, so he looked for a piece looked for a piece of of flintflint to start a to start a

fire.fire.

flintflintDefinition:Definition:

n.n. Hard gray or Hard gray or brown stone that brown stone that

makes a spark makes a spark when struck when struck against steelagainst steel

shamblesshambles

shamblesshamblesSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

After having five After having five young kids over to young kids over to

play all day, the play all day, the house was in house was in

shamblesshambles..

shamblesshamblesDefinition:Definition:

n.n. confusion; confusion; disorder; a messdisorder; a mess

ruefullyruefully

ruefullyruefullySample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

My dad My dad ruefullyruefully informed me that informed me that my grandpa had my grandpa had

passed away.passed away.

ruefullyruefullyDefinition:Definition:

adv.adv. Sorrowfully Sorrowfully (sadly); unhappily(sadly); unhappily

quaverquaver

quaverquaverSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

The leaves on the The leaves on the tree began to tree began to

quaverquaver in the light in the light breeze.breeze.

quaverquaverDefinition:Definition:

v.v. To shake or To shake or trembletremble

boggyboggy

boggyboggySample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

After the heavy After the heavy rain, the field was rain, the field was boggyboggy and had to and had to be closed during be closed during

recess.recess.

boggyboggyDefinition:Definition:

adj.adj. Soft and wet, Soft and wet, like in a marsh or like in a marsh or

swampswamp

daubdaub

daubdaubSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

Matt tried to Matt tried to daubdaub the hole in the wall the hole in the wall of the cabin to keep of the cabin to keep

the rain out.the rain out.

daubdaubDefinition:Definition:

v.v. To cover with To cover with plaster, clay, mud, plaster, clay, mud,

or other sticky or other sticky materialmaterial

stoutstout

stoutstoutSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

I looked for a good, I looked for a good, stoutstout stick to use stick to use as a walking stick as a walking stick during my hike.during my hike.

stoutstoutDefinition:Definition:

adj.adj. Strongly built; Strongly built; firm or strong; fat firm or strong; fat

or largeor large

detestdetest

detestdetestSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

Country music is Country music is okay, I don’t really okay, I don’t really

like rap, and I like rap, and I detestdetest heavy metal. heavy metal.

detestdetestDefinition:Definition:

v.v. To dislike very, To dislike very, very much; to really very much; to really

hatehate

grudginglygrudgingly

grudginglygrudginglySample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

When my mom When my mom asked, I asked, I grudginglygrudgingly agreed to take my agreed to take my sister with me to sister with me to

the mall.the mall.

grudginglygrudginglyDefinition:Definition:

adv.adv. UnwillinglyUnwillingly

contemptuoucontemptuouss

contemptuoucontemptuouss

Sample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

The girls gave Sally The girls gave Sally a a contemptuouscontemptuous look, hurting her look, hurting her

feelings.feelings.

contemptuoucontemptuouss

Definition:Definition:

adj.adj. showing a showing a feeling that a feeling that a person, act, or person, act, or

thing is worthless thing is worthless or inferioror inferior

deprivedeprive

deprivedepriveSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

If I don’t eat all of If I don’t eat all of my dinner, my mom my dinner, my mom will will deprivedeprive me of me of

dessert.dessert.

deprivedepriveDefinition:Definition:

v.v. To keep from To keep from having or doinghaving or doing

pewterpewter

pewterpewterSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

The pioneers filled The pioneers filled up their up their pewterpewter

mugs with strong mugs with strong coffee.coffee.

pewterpewterDefinition:Definition:

adj./n.adj./n. A mixture of A mixture of tin and lead, tin and lead,

copper, or other copper, or other metalsmetals

resentmentresentment

resentmentresentmentSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

Randy felt Randy felt resentmentresentment when when Bill, who hadn’t Bill, who hadn’t

practiced, got the practiced, got the big part in the play.big part in the play.

resentmentresentmentDefinition:Definition:

n.n. Feeling you get Feeling you get when you are being when you are being

treated unfairly; treated unfairly; bitternessbitterness

defiancedefiance

defiancedefianceSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

The student was The student was sent to the office sent to the office for his for his defiancedefiance

toward the toward the playground aide.playground aide.

defiancedefianceDefinition:Definition:

n.n. The act of The act of standing up to or standing up to or

disobeying disobeying authorityauthority