Academic Words. 7-13 on AW sheet.

• 7. Middle English origin: espleit - outcome. Here it means to take advantage of.
• 8. Literally "one shape."
• 9. Duh, there's a clue word in the sentence itself.
• 10. The origin of this word meant wave, Flow, or Fluid. Now it means to shift back and forth.
• 11. This word shares an origin with the name of those tall puffy clouds like these. It means to gather or pile up.
• 12. "Smallify"
• 13. From the Latin (and Spanish) for hand.

Vocabulary Sheet.
Your job now is to try to match each word to a blank.
Here are the definitions and parts of speech.
It's up to you to write down whatever else you think you need for the test on Friday (pretest Thursday).
bliss (n) - extreme happiness
fickle (adj) - changing often
covet (v) - to want (something that you do not have) very much
tarry (v) - linger, to be slow in going
prone (adj) - likely to do (or suffer from) something
prone (adj) - lying face down
alacrity (n) - quick and cheerful readiness
oblige (v) - require (obliged = required, have to)
purloin (v) - to steal
zenith (n) - the highest point
wary (adj) - cautious, careful, not having complete trust
bona fide (adj) - real, genuine, "legit"
 
 
 

Tom Sawyer Projects. Due next Thursday. Choose a project OR do the final. NOT BOTH.
 

Tom Sawyer 32-33. 4p.

1. (2) How does Tom feel about Injun Joe's death?
2. Why does Tom say they are safe from IJ's ghost when they take the money?
3. What is ironic about the Welshman's comment that begins, "I judged so..." (p220)? 

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4. *Bonus for +1: What does Tom say is the only down side of being a robber?
5. *Bonus for +1: There is an example of Tom "going by the book" in chapter 33 which he would probably be very embarrassed about if he knew what he was saying. What word does Tom obviously not know the meaning of?

Tom Sawyer aloud.