Charlotte Doyle Vocabulary (3/17-3/20/08)
Definitions, POS in notebook, blanks filled in, by Wednesday.
edify, equanimity, cowed, gumption, caucused, brusque, maelstrom, rebuff, thwart, acrid
  1. He was 35 and still living at home; his mother said he lacked ___________.
  2. The captain thought that Charlotte should have been reading ___________(ing) religious tracts to the crew to improve their lives and attitudes.
  3. he was very cool under pressure, nothing could disturb his ______________.
  4. Captain Jaggery ____________(ed) the mutiny by shooting Cranick.
  5. After Jaggery shoots Cranick, he has the crew so ___________ that they are afraid to disobey.
  6. The man choked on the _________ smoke that filled the burning warehouse
  7. The manager, the catcher, the pitching coach, and the pitcher ___________ on the mound.
  8. Charlotte had to climb to the top of the mast in the middle of the __________, and was almost tossed to her death.
  9. I tried to get her to listen to my excuses, but she __________(ed) my efforts.
  10. This word originates with the Italian word for a "stickery" plant.  ____________.
Charlotte Doyle Vocabulary (3/17-3/20/08)
Definitions, POS in notebook, blanks filled in, by Wednesday.
edify, equanimity, cowed, gumption, caucused, brusque, maelstrom, rebuff, thwart, acrid
  1. He was 35 and still living at home; his mother said he lacked ___________.
  2. The captain thought that Charlotte should have been reading ___________(ing) religious tracts to the crew to improve their lives and attitudes.
  3. he was very cool under pressure, nothing could disturb his ______________.
  4. Captain Jaggery ____________(ed) the mutiny by shooting Cranick.
  5. After Jaggery shoots Cranick, he has the crew so ___________ that they are afraid to disobey.
  6. The man choked on the _________ smoke that filled the burning warehouse
  7. The manager, the catcher, the pitching coach, and the pitcher ___________ on the mound.
  8. Charlotte had to climb to the top of the mast in the middle of the __________, and was almost tossed to her death.
  9. I tried to get her to listen to my excuses, but she __________(ed) my efforts.
  10. This word originates with the Italian word for a "stickery" plant.  ____________.
Charlotte Doyle Vocabulary (3/17-3/20/08)
Definitions, POS in notebook, blanks filled in, by Wednesday.
edify, equanimity, cowed, gumption, caucused, brusque, maelstrom, rebuff, thwart, acrid
  1. He was 35 and still living at home; his mother said he lacked ___________.
  2. The captain thought that Charlotte should have been reading ___________(ing) religious tracts to the crew to improve their lives and attitudes.
  3. he was very cool under pressure, nothing could disturb his ______________.
  4. Captain Jaggery ____________(ed) the mutiny by shooting Cranick.
  5. After Jaggery shoots Cranick, he has the crew so ___________ that they are afraid to disobey.
  6. The man choked on the _________ smoke that filled the burning warehouse
  7. The manager, the catcher, the pitching coach, and the pitcher ___________ on the mound.
  8. Charlotte had to climb to the top of the mast in the middle of the __________, and was almost tossed to her death.
  9. I tried to get her to listen to my excuses, but she __________(ed) my efforts.
  10. This word originates with the Italian word for a "stickery" plant.  ____________.