The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Chapter 1-8 ...

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Chapter 1-8 Vocabulary/Spelling

Write the definition and part of speech for each of the vocabulary words listed below.

1. adversity - ________________________________________________________________________
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2. brawny - _________________________________________________________________________
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3. congenial__________________________________________________________________________
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4. decorum - _________________________________________________________________________
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5. docile_____________________________________________________________________________
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6. quell - ____________________________________________________________________________
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7. reprieve - _________________________________________________________________________
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8. slanderous - _______________________________________________________________________
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9. transpire - _________________________________________________________________________
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10. vigilant - _________________________________________________________________________
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adj. -easily taught; easily led or managed adj – false and damaging to one’s reputation
adj. -strong n- hardship; misfortune
n -proper, dignified behavior adj – alert; watchful
v -to crush; to hold back adj. agreeable; pleasant
n - relief v – to come to be; to happen

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Chapter 9-15 Vocabulary/Spelling

Write the definition and part of speech for each of the vocabulary words listed below.

1. atonement - _______________________________________________________________________
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2. audacity - _________________________________________________________________________
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3. gesticulate_________________________________________________________________________
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4. impertinence - _____________________________________________________________________
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5. implacable_________________________________________________________________________
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6. mutiny - __________________________________________________________________________
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7. pinion - ___________________________________________________________________________
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8. scrutiny - __________________________________________________________________________
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n-boldness
n – inspection; examination
v - to wave; to motion
n- uprising; rebellion
n – the act of making up for a wrong
v – to restrain; to hold
n. – rudeness
adj – unable to be changed

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Chapter 16-22 Vocabulary/Spelling

Write the definition and part of speech for each of the vocabulary words listed below.

1. abominations - ____________________________________________________________________
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2. apparition - _______________________________________________________________________
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3. commence_________________________________________________________________________
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4. conspiracy - _______________________________________________________________________
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5. copiously __________________________________________________________________________
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6. mutely - __________________________________________________________________________
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7. perplexity - ________________________________________________________________________
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8. prophecy - ________________________________________________________________________
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9. renounce - ________________________________________________________________________
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10. shrewdly - ________________________________________________________________________
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adv - silently v – to begin
adv – plentifully; in great amounts v – to give up
adv - cleverly n – a foretelling of the future
n – secret plan n - ghost
n- horrors
n - confusion