The Graveyard Book Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Discarnate

• Someone who has returned from the dead.

• Without a physical body.

• Little strength and solidity.

• Creation of light

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Convocation

• A person who has a lot of authority.

• The final state or end point of a process.

• A large formal assembly of people.

• To chew.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Casement

• Suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way.

• A part of a window that lets it open like a door.

• Present reasons against something.

• A stone tower or pillar.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Democracy

• A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representation.

• Little strength and solidity.

• Creation of light

• Someone who has returned from the dead.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'Dubiously' mean?

• In an uncertain or doubtful way.

• Acting in a systematic way.

• A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representation.

• A person who has a lot of authority.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Expostulated

• A large formal assembly of people.

• Cover, surround or encircle something.

• Present reasons against something.

• The state of lasting forever.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does luminescence mean?

• Creation of light.

• A person who has a lot of authority.

• A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representation.

• The act of chewing.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.RI.7.4

Insinuated

• Little strength and solidity.

• Cover, surround or encircle something.

• A part of a window that lets it open like a door.

• Suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Insubstantial

• A stone tower or pillar.

• Little strength and solidity.

• The state of lasting forever.

• Refusing to do what others want.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Perpetuity

• The final state or end point of a process.

• A large formal assembly of people.

• The state of lasting forever.

• Acting in a systematic way.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4