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A Separate Peace Vocabulary (Chapters 1-5)

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.

  1. 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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  1. 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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  1. He didn’t sound very indignant, though (28).

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  1. 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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  1. I never got inured to the jumping (34).

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  1. 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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  1. 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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  1. 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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  1. 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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  1. 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.

  1. _____ Anarchya. calm; serene
  2. _____ Convalescenceb. permissive
  3. _____ Indignantc. of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad
  4. _____ Indulgentd. disorder; absence of rules
  5. _____ Inuree. the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness
  6. _____ Mediocref. unspoken
  7. _____ Mireg. to become used to something unpleasant
  8. _____ Nondescripth. strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or base
  9. _____ Sedatei. uninteresting; drab
  10. _____ 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.

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