January 6, 2011

• Idiom – “Long row to hoe “ – lots of work to do; a hard task - “When I said I was going to organize all the pictures into an album, my sister said that was a long row to hoe.”

• Analogies – grove : forest :: pond : _____ ditch : ravine :: crevice : _____Vocab for “House of Dies Drear” –Begin reading book together

House of Dies Drear Vocab• Spewed – to vomit or cast out through the mouth; to gush

forth• Chicory – a plant related to lettuce, usually having blue flowers • Eaves – part of the roof that forms the lower edge and projects

beyond the walls• Gables – the triangular section of a wall between the two

slopes of a roof• Veranda – a roofed porch along the outside of a building • Lurch – to roll or sway suddenly from side to side or forward.• Abolitionist – one who wants to get• rid of slavery• Desolate – having few or no inhabitants, deserted

Spewed – to vomit or cast out through the mouth; to gush forth

Lurch – to roll or sway suddenly forward or to one side; to stagger

Desolate – having few or no inhabitants - deserted

• Abolitionist – one in favor of putting an end to slavery

• Veranda – a roofed porch along the outside of a building

• Gables – the triangular section of a wall between the two slopes of a roof

Eaves – part of the roof that forms the lower edge and projects beyond the walls

calamity

• disaster

pathetic

• Sorrowful; inviting pity

percolating

• Seeping; filtering; brewing

plunder

• To rob and destroy

specter

• A ghost or spirit

lapse

• To slip; to fall or expire

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Chicory – a plant related to lettuce, usually having blue flowers

agitated

• Uneasy, upset

calamity

• disaster