Boy on the Wooden Box Vocabulary

Vocabulary Breakdown

• Elated means extremely happy and excited.
• Escapade refers to an exciting, daring adventure.
• Fortuitous describes something lucky that happened by chance.
• Initiated means to start or cause something.
• Waft describes something floating or moving lightly in the air.
• Innate means inborn, present since birth, like a natural ability.
• Prosper means to thrive and do well, especially financially.
• Formal describes something official, polite, or fancy.
• Attire refers to clothing, especially fancy clothing.
• Elegant means fancy, refined, and sophisticated.
• Enthralled means fascinated or captivated by something.
• Rambunctious describes someone wild, unruly, and boisterous.
• Altercation refers to a noisy, heated dispute or argument.
• Reprimand means to formally scold or criticize someone.
• Glamorous describes something excitingly attractive.
• Feisty describes someone spirited, aggressive, and full of energy.
• Headstrong describes someone self-willed and stubborn.
• Excursion refers to a short trip or journey.
• Resonate means to have a particular meaning or importance, often making a strong impression.
• Congregation refers to a group of people, usually members of a church.
• Chaotic describes something completely confused, wild, and disorderly.
• Assailant refers to someone who attacks another person.
• Animosity means deep dislike or hatred.
• Gentile refers to a non-Jewish person.
• Proximity means the closeness of space or time.
• Idyllic describes something pleasing and simple, often related to nature.
• Respite refers to a period of rest or relief.
• Agrarian describes something related to farmers or rural life.
• Unsophisticated describes someone who is simple and not worldly.
• Industrious describes someone hard-working, active, and productive.
• Yiddish is a language spoken by Jewish people in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust, primarily a mixture of German and Hebrew.
• Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship.
• Patriarchal describes a system or society run by and for men.
• Ominous suggests something bad or threatening.
• Lament means to mourn or deeply regret something.
• Cherish means to have affection for, love, and nurture something.
• Pedestrian refers to someone who walks or describes something commonplace.
• Majestic describes something impressive and stately.
• Lavish describes something marked by abundance or excess.
• Cosmopolitan describes someone worldly and sophisticated.
• Diminutive means very small or short, tiny.
• Pogrom refers to an organized massacre of helpless people, specifically targeting Jews.
• Nonchalance means indifference or lack of concern.
• Spontaneous means done without prior planning.
• Perilous describes something very dangerous.
• Caricature is an exaggerated and distorted drawing of someone or something, often used to mock or ridicule.
• Evade means to slip away, escape, or avoid capture.
• Pillage means to loot or plunder ruthlessly.
• Villainy refers to depravity or evil, both as a noun and an adjective.
• Disdain means contempt or thinking something is of little value.

Vocabulary

• Elated means extremely happy and excited. The noun form is elation.
• Escapade is an act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure.
• Fortuitous describes something lucky that happens by chance, not planning. The adverb form is fortuitously.
• Initiated means to start or cause something.
• Waft means to float or move lightly.
• Innate means inborn, present since birth, like an innate ability. The adverb is innately.
• Prosper means to thrive, especially financially.
• Formal means official, polite, fancy. The adverb is formally and the noun is formality.
• Attire is clothing, especially fancy clothing. It can also be used as a verb.
• Elegant means fancy, refined. The adverb is elegantly and the noun is elegance.
• Enthralled means fascinated. The verb is enthrall.
• Rambunctious means wild, unruly. The adverb is rambunctiously.
• An altercation is a noisy, heated dispute or argument.
• Reprimand means to scold or criticize formally. It can also be a noun.
• Glamorous means excitingly attractive. The adverb is glamorously and the noun is glamor.
• Feisty means spirited and aggressive. The adverb is feistily and the noun form is feistiness.
• Headstrong means self-willed and stubborn.
• Excursion means a short trip or journey.
• Resonate means to have a particular meaning or importance.
• Congregation is a group of people, usually members of a particular church. The verb form is congregate.
• Chaotic means completely confused, wild, disorderly. The noun form is chaos and the adverb is chaotically.
• Assailant is someone who attacks another person. The verb form is assail.
• Animosity means deep dislike or hatred.
• Gentile refers to a non-Jewish person.
• Proximity means closeness of space or time. The adjective form is proximate.
• Idyllic means pleasing in natural simplicity.
• Respite means a period of rest or relief.
• Agrarian means rural or related to farmers.
• Unsophisticated means not worldly or simple. The opposite is sophisticated. The noun form is sophistication.
• Industrious means hard-working, active, and productive. The adverb form is industriously.
• Yiddish was the language spoken by Jewish people in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust.
• Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship.
• Patriarchal describes a system or society run by and for men. The noun form is patriarchy. The opposite is matriarchy.
• Ominous suggests something bad is about to happen. The adverb form is ominously.
• Lament means to mourn or deeply regret. The noun form is lamentation.
• Cherish means to have affection for, love, or nurture.
• Pedestrian can be a noun or an adjective. It refers to someone walking or something commonplace and unimaginative.
• Majestic means impressive, stately, or fit for royalty. The adverb form is majestically and the noun is majesty.
• Lavish means marked by abundance or excess. The adverb form is lavishly and the noun is lavishness.
• Cosmopolitan means worldly and sophisticated.
• Diminutive means very small or short. It can also be a noun referring to a nickname or baby form of a word.
• Pogrom is an organized massacre of helpless people, usually referring to an attack on Jews.
• Nonchalance is a lack of concern or indifference. The adjective form is nonchalant and the adverb is nonchalantly.
• Spontaneous means done without prior planning. The adverb is spontaneously and the noun is spontaneity.
• Perilous means very dangerous. The noun form is peril and the adverb is perilously.
• Caricature is a drawing of a person or thing that's deliberately exaggerated and distorted.
• Evade means to slip away, escape, or avoid capture. The noun form is evasion.
• Pillage means to loot or plunder ruthlessly.
• Villainy means depravity or evil. The noun form is villain and the adjective is villainous. The adverb form is villainously.
• Disdain means contempt or thinking something is of little value. It can also be used as a verb.

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