The Latehomecomer Part III

Vocabulary Journal

Vocab Journal

• (Remember to leave enough room for all 5 parts that are required)

• 1) Write the word and the page #• 2) Write the sentence with the word from the

book• 3) Write your own meaning/definition• 4) Write the dictionary definition and part of

speech• 5) Write your own sentence using the word

Vocab words and page #s

• Belied 151• Dissipated 15• Resounding 171• Eloquence 171• Angst 186• Behemoths 195• Repatriated 202• Preposterous 205• Despondent 206• Rivulets 210

Belied 151

Part of speech: verb

1 : to give a false idea of <her lively movements belied her age>

2 : to show to be false <their actions belie their claim to be innocent>

Synonym: misrepresent

Dissipated 152

Part of speech: adjective: affected by or showing the effects of dissipation

• Synonyms: debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, corrupt,

Resounding 171

• Part of speech: verb1 : to become filled with sound

• 2 : to become renowned

• Synonyms: Reverberate, renowned

Eloquence 171

• Part of speech: noun•

1 : speech or writing that is forceful and convincing;

• 2 : the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way

• Synonym: articulateness, poetry, rhetoric

Angst 186

Part of speech: Noun

: a feeling of anxiety

Synonym: dread, worry

Behemoths 195

• Part of speech: noun

• 1 often capitalized : an animal described in the Bible that is probably the hippopotamus

• 2 : something of monstrous size or power

• Synonyms: huge, gigantic, enormous

Repatriated 202

• Part of speech: verb

• : to return to the country of origin, allegiance, or citizenship <repatriate prisoners of war>

Preposterous 205

• Part of speech: Adjective

• making little or no sense

• Synonym: absurd, senseless

Despondent 206

• Part of speech: adjective

• : feeling quite discouraged or depressed : being in very low spirits

• Synonyms: sad, hopeless

Rivulets 210

• Part of speech: noun

• : a small stream

• Synonym: creek