The Treasure of Lemon Brown Vocabulary

ajar

• to begin, to start
• style of music evolving from African American spirituals and noted for its melancholy sound
• partially open
• summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

commence

• unclear speech when sounds run into one another.
• is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City
• to begin, to start
• partially open

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

gnarled

• summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
• a person who behaves badly
• knotted, twisted, lumpy
• feeling or showing a lot of fear and worry through wild, hurried activity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

ominous

• suggesting that something bad is going to happen
• a mean or wicked people
• partially open
• feeling or showing a lot of fear and worry through wild, hurried activity

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

tentatively

• unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant
• without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done
• unclear speech when sounds run into one another.
• feeling or showing a lot of fear and worry through wild, hurried activity

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

impromptu

• without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done
• a person who behaves badly
• feeling or showing a lot of fear and worry through wild, hurried activity
• to begin, to start

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

beckon

• suggesting that something bad is going to happen
• a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
• to begin, to start
• summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Harlem

• a person who behaves badly
• is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City
• partially open
• style of music evolving from African American spirituals and noted for its melancholy sound

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

blues

• style of music evolving from African American spirituals and noted for its melancholy sound
• a mean or wicked people
• knotted, twisted, lumpy
• a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

scoundrels

• summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
• a mean or wicked people
• unclear speech when sounds run into one another.
• is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4