Chapter 1-5 vocab

1.  intrigued: 1, very interested; fascinated

Sentence: ­­­­Occasionally, when supplies were delivered by cargo planes to the landing field across the river, the children rode their bicycles to the riverbank and watched, intrigued, the unloading and then the takeoff directed to the west, always away from the community

Context Clues Proof: He describes what fascinated him and said that other were to.

2.  ironic: 2, contrast between tone/meaning

Sentence: there was an ironic tone to that final message, as if the speaker found it amusing; and Jonas had smiled a little, thought he knew what a grim statement it had been.­­­­

Context Clues Proof: Amusing and grim

3. palpable: 3, able to be felt

Sentence: ­­­­He remembered that moment of palpable, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked above.

  Context Clues Proof: stomach-sinking terror.

4.  distraught: 4, mentally upset

Sentence: I guess I got distraught, watching them.  

Context Clues Proof: The fish were at a hatchery and he felt sorry for them.  

5.  apprehensive: 4, fearful about the future

Sentence: ­­­­Apprehensive, Jonas decided.

Context Clues Proof:He shuddered with nervousness.

6.  defiant: 5, resisting or challenging

 Sentence: ­­­­she held up a clenched fist and the rest of the family smiled at her small defiant gesture.

Context Clues Proof:the word defiant and she held up a clenched fist

7.  enhance: 12, improve by adding to

Sentence: It might enhance his nurturing if I could call him by a name.  

Context Clues Proof: He was small and under grown but Father thought calling him by a name could help.

8.  chastise: 20, punish

Sentence: ­­­­He didn’t like it that she had mentioned his eyes.

Context Clues Proof: Only a few people had eyes like this and he was sensitive about it.

9. nondescript: 24, with no outstanding features

Sentence: ­­­­The same nondescript shade, about the same shade as his own tunic.

Context Clues Proof: But it was the same apple. Unchanged. The same size and shape.

10. serene: 29, calm and peaceful

Sentence: ­­­­It was a serene and slow-paced place, unlike the busy centers of manufacture and distribution where the daily work of the community occurred