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Anne Frank Vocabulary
1. Conspicuous (adjective) pg 373
Def: ______
All of them enter carrying bags etc. The star of David is conspicuous on all of the Franks’ clothing.
2. Forlorn (adjective)
Def: ______
Everyday when his family left for work, the puppy felt forlorn.
3. Fortify (verb)
Def: ______
Dussel: I have an allergy for fur-bearing animals. They give me asthma.
Anne: Oh dear. Peter has a cat. But we hardly ever see it. He keeps it in his room all the time. I’m sure it will be alright
Dussel: Let us hope so. (He takes some pills to fortify himself)
4. Gingerly (adverb) pg 404
Def: ______
Anne (hesitant, handing him a gift). And…this is yours..from Mrs. Quack Quack. (as he holds it gingerly in his hands) Well..open it..Aren’t you going to open it?
5. Incessant (adjective)
Def: ______
The incessant dripping of the faucet forced Jenny to call a plumber the very next day.
6. Loathe (Verb)
Def: ______
Mother is unbearable. She insists on treating me like a baby, which I loathe.
7. Mercurial (adjective) pg 373
Def: ______
Anne came running up the stairs. She is thirteen, quick in her movements, interested in everything, mercurial in her emotions.
8. Meticulous (adjective)
Def: ______
Mr Frank hurries over as Mr. Kraler and Dussel come up. Dussel is a man in his late fifties, meticulous, finicky..bewildered now.
9. Ostentatious (adjective) pg 405
Def: ______
Dussel (pointing to Peter). You..You! (Peter is coming from his bedroom, ostentatiously holding a bulge in his coat as if he were holding his cat, and dangling Anne’s present before it.) (Dussel is allergic to cats)
10. Stifle (verb) pg 389
Def: ______
She rushes off into her room and throws herself down on the settee, stifling her sobs.
11. Vile (adjective)
Def: ______
Many people think that smoking is a vile habit.
12. Zeal (noun) pg 401
Def: ______
We celebrate the great and wonderful deeds wrought through the zeal with which God filled the hearts of the heroic Maccabees, two thousand years ago
13. Unabashed (adjective) pg 377
Def: ______
Peter: He’s a tom. He doesn’t like strangers. (He takes the cat from her, putting it back in its carrier)
Anne (unabashed): Then I’ll have to stop being a stranger, won’t I?
14. Tyranny (noun) pg 401
Def: ______
They fought against indifference, against tyranny and oppression, and they restored our Temple to us.
15. Indignantly (adverb) pg 386-387
Def: ______
Mr. Van Daan: This isn’t a quarrel! It’s a discussion. And I never heard children so rude before.
Anne: (rising indignantly) I, rude!!!
16. Appalled (verb; used as an adjective) pg 408
Def: ______
Dussel: I think someday he’ll be caught and then he’ll make a bargain with the Green Police..if they’ll let him off, he’ll let him off, he’ll tell them where some Jews are hiding. The others stared at Dussel appalled at his statement.
17. Disgruntled (verb; used as an adjective)
Def: ______
Her disgruntled husband refused to join us for dinner.
18. Inarticulate (adjective)
Def: ______
Peter was so furious that he found himself inarticulate.
19. Animation (noun)
Def: ______
Anne Frank’s movements were full of animation as she walked across the room.
20. Remorse (noun)
Def: ______
The little girl had a great feeling of remorse after she lied to her parents.