Collection 3: Magic Island

As you read Cathy Song's "Magic Island," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 10's Collection 3: Kafka's The Metamorphosis, Kuper's The Metamorphosis, Simplexity, Magic Island
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  1. peninsula
    a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
  2. immersion
    sinking until covered completely with water
  3. horizon
    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
  4. sprawling
    spreading out in different directions
  5. generous
    willing to give and share unstintingly
  6. sift
    move as if through a sieve
  7. thicket
    a dense growth of bushes
  8. betray
    give away information about somebody
  9. recent
    of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
  10. suspicious
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Created on Wed Jul 09 22:30:30 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 10 13:32:59 EDT 2014)

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