Call It Courage Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words and Definitions for Call It Courage by Armstrong Perry.

Our popular literature vocabulary word lists can be folded in third for book markers. Students will find unfamiliar words and their definitions in the order they appear in the text.

Chapter One

Section A

• Fierce - violent, wild
• Indifference - no interest or concern
• Chant - rhythmic song, less melody than most songs

Section B

• Reef - ridge of stone-like coral near an island
• Intervals - spaces
• Impending - will happen soon
• Seized – grabbed
• Frail - weak
• Frigate - ship
• Thwarts – crosswise beam or seat
• - turn upside down
• Islet - small island
• Pinnacle - top most point
• Sustaining – keeps alive

Section C

• Eternal – never ending, forever
• Quivered - trembled
• Assault – attack
• Jibes – cruel jokes
• Heckling and pestering – bothering
• Albatross - large bird
• Fledgling - bird who has just started to fly
• Serenely – peacefully
• Envious – jealous

Section D

• Scanned – search with eyes
• Dreaded – feared
• Bonitos – type of fish
• Shrill – high pitch
• Scornful – full of dislike
• Taut – tight
• Lagoon - area of shallow water
• Propelled - pushed forward
• Falter – hesitate from uncertainty
• Mounted – got higher, increased

Chapter 2

Section A

• Dismal - gloomy
• Idly – lazily
• Swells – rising and falling of waves
• Atoll - island surrounded by coral reef
• Slatted – sail flapping uselessly
• Ascending – going up
• Spirals – circular motion
• Ominous – dangerous
• Oppressive - distressing, unfair
• Submerged – went under
• Parched – dry
• Vanished – disappeared
• Solitary – single, alone

Section B

• Hoarse – deep, croaking
• Merged – blended with, ran into
• Slumber – sleep
• Agony -horrible pain or discomfort

Section C

• Luminous – shining
• Profoundly – with importance
• Revealed – showed
• Concealed – hid
• Akin – similar, related to
• Tantalizing – delicious desire
• Drifted – floated

Chapter 3

• Gusto – energy
• Cascade – waterfall
• Inhabited – lived in by others
• Apprehension – fear
• Heaved – pushed upward
• Winced - shrink back
• Caustic – burning
• Plateau - flat area
• Survey – watch
• Luxuriant – rich
• Circumference – around the circle
• Habitation – home
• Isolation – being alone
• Alien – foreign, unfamiliar
• Unceasing – not ending
• Encircled – went around
• Breach – break
• Resolution – strong decision
• Naught nothing
• Retracted – went back
• Grim – serious, determined
• Extricated – untangled
• Irresolute – unsure, unable to make a resoltuion or decision
• Premonition – warning jfrom inside
• Charred – burned
• Congealed – become like jelly
• Sustenance – food, nutrition
• Trifle – little
• Deftly – with skill

Chapter 4 and 5

Chapters 4 and 5 of Call It Courage, as well as the first three chapters, are included in the Call It Courage Vocabulary book marks as part of our Unit Study.

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