A Separate Peace Vocabulary (Chapters 1-5)

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Learning Target: We can use context clues to determine the meaning of words.

We can write a grammatically correct sentence using a vocabulary word.

Part I Context Clues—using the context of each sentence, define each of the bolded words.

We met every night, because Finny’s life was ruled by inspiration and anarchy, and so he prized a set of rules. His own, not those imposed on him by other people, such as the faculty of the DevonSchool (34).

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Well, I naturally felt older—I began at that point the emotional examination to note how far my convalescence had gone—I was taller, bigger generally in relation to these stairs (11).

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Anyway, they were more indulgent toward us than at any other time; they snapped at the heels of the seniors, driving and molding and arming them for the war (24).

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Then in the everyday, mediocre tone he used when he was proposing something really outrageous, he added, “Let’s go to the beach” (45).

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Near the center of the fields there were thin lakes of muddy water which I had to make my way around, my unrecognizable shoes making obscene noises as I lifted them out of the mire (13).

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It was a raw, nondescript time of year, toward the end of November, the kind of wet, self-pitying November day when every speck of dirt stands out clearly (10).

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It seemed more sedate than I remembered it, more perpendicular and strait-laced, with narrower windows and shinier woodwork, as though a coat of varnish had been put over everything for better preservation (9).

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In the deep, tacit way in which feeling becomes stronger than thought, I had always felt that the Devon School came into existence the day I entered it, was vibrantly real while I was a student there, and then blinked out like a candle the day I left (9).

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Part IIMatching—match each word with its proper definition.

_____ Anarchya. calm; serene
_____ Convalescenceb. permissive
_____ Indignantc. of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad
_____ Indulgentd. disorder; absence of rules
_____ Inuree. the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness
_____ Mediocref. unspoken
_____ Mireg. to become used to something unpleasant
_____ Nondescripth. strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or base
_____ Sedatei. uninteresting; drab
_____ Tacitj. a tract or area of wet, swampy ground

Part III Write—using the vocabulary words, write original sentences that show your understanding of each word.