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Kensuke’s Kingdom

Vocabulary -  Chapters 4-8

 

 

  1. wary – on guard, watchful
  2. cacophony – loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  3. plaintive – mournful or melancholy
  4. scuttle (verb) – to move about or proceed hurriedly
  5. debris(n) – the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
  6. elongated(adj) – having more length than width
  7. impenetrable – permitting little if any light to pass through
  8. scree(n) – loose rocky parts at the base of a hill or mountain
  9. cavort (v)–play boisterously
  10. summit(n) – the top point of a mountain or hill
  11. surreptitious – marked by quiet, caution, and secrecy, taking pains to avoid being observed
  12. bereft – deprived of
  13. peter out (v) – come to an end
  14. canopy(n) – the upper green layer of the rainforest
  15. harangue – to deliver a loud, ranting speech
  16. placid(adj) – not easily irritated
  17. invigorate(v)
  18. raucous(adj) – unpleasantly loud and harsh
  19. despondent(adj) – having the feeling of extreme discouragement
  20. mellifluous – pleasing to the ear like soft music
  21. translucent(adj)
  22. regime(n) – a system or planned way of doing things
  23. benefactor(n) – a person who helps people
  24. inquisitive((adj) – showing curiosity
  25. gesticulate(v) – to make deliberate or vigorous gestures
  26. sinister(adj) – threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  27. clamber(v) – climb awkwardly
  28. diminutive(adj)- very small
  29. nonchalantly(adv) – in a composed and unconcerned manner
  30. searing(adj) – intense or strong; extreme
  31. cauldron(n) – a large depression or pot
  32. rudimentary(n) – basic, crude, undeveloped
  33. flotsam(n) –wreckage of a ship or its cargo
  34. enunciate(v) – pronounce, or utter in a certain way

 

 

 

 


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