Grade 6: Unit 1: Vocabulary from Readings 1

This list covers "The School Play," "The Good Dead," "All Summer in a Day," and "Lob's Girl."
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  1. prop
    an object used on the set of a play or movie
  2. smirk
    smile in a mocking or condescending way
  3. relentless
    not willing or able to stop or yield
  4. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  5. impaired
    diminished in strength, quality, or utility
  6. generic
    relating to or applicable to an entire class or group
  7. pert
    characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
  8. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  9. accusation
    an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
  10. incredibly
    not easy to believe
  11. apparatus
    equipment designed to serve a specific function
  12. immense
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
  13. resilient
    rebounding readily
  14. savor
    derive or receive pleasure from
  15. slacken
    become slow or slower
  16. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  17. decisive
    characterized by resoluteness and firmness
  18. erupt
    release suddenly and often violently something pent up
  19. atone
    make amends for
  20. reluctant
    unwilling to do something contrary to your custom
  21. melancholy
    grave or even gloomy in character
  22. agitated
    troubled emotionally and usually deeply
Created on May 11, 2021 (updated May 12, 2021)

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