Junior Great Books List 1

Mrs. Kwiatkowski (United States of America)
Vocabulary list for "Through the Tunnel" and "Raymond's Run"
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  1. promontory
    a natural elevation
  2. conscientious
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  3. contrition
    sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  4. chivalry
    the medieval principles governing knightly conduct
  5. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  6. buoyant
    tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
  7. supplication
    the act of communicating with a deity
  8. idle
    not in action or at work
  9. defiant
    boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
  10. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  11. frond
    compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
  12. convulse
    move or stir about violently
  13. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  14. clutch
    take hold of; grab
  15. prodigy
    an unusually gifted or intelligent person
  16. liable
    subject to legal action
  17. relay
    passing something along from one person or group to another
Created on Mon Oct 14 18:37:47 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Oct 14 18:40:15 EDT 2013)

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