There are many new words in "Out of the Dust." Find 15 of them. Write the page number and use it in a strong example sentence (one that shows you understand the word). You may not use the same words that another person has used OR the same sentence that is in the book.
Good Example:
(page 135) parched- After walking through the desert for two days without water, I was parched.
Bad Example:
(page 135) piano- I like pianos.
(page 135) chord- I like chords.
26 comments:
(part 1)
49.compliment:Saying compliment to people is a goodway to show your good intention.
60.kerosene:People lived in Europe use kerosene a lot.
64.shriek:She shrieked when she saw spiders.
67.quench:The big fire was quenched by the water.
68.grasshopper:My littile cousin likes to catch grasshoppers in my grandmother's backyard.
71.stupor:He is so sad that he decide to drink into a stupor.
76.irritate:Your discourteous behavior really made me irritated.
1.committee(p.16): He is an adviser of this committee.
2.maggoty(p.29): That maggoty cake is very disgusting, no one wants to eat.
3.biscuit(p.32): Biscuits is a kind of great breakfast.
4.drizzle(p.55): It will be very cool, if it drizzles in afternoon.
5.tortured(p.63): That tortued sound made me very impatient.
6.Threshold(p.67): He had never crossed the threshold of that store.
7.stupor(p.71): He is stupor after his drank a lot.
8.gritty(p.81): My grutty eye feel very bad for the sand.
9.rehearsals(p.91): I will tell all the rehearsals for you later.
10.thistle(p.102): Milk thistle is a kind of good plant for human.
11.overall(p.115): i wear my overall when i am doing some work.
12.mash(p.125): I mashed some potato to make salad.
13.clarinet(p.132): He is good at blow clarinet, he can play great music.
14.curdling(p.140): The pudding had been curdled for one night.
15.tractor(p.146): We use tractor to pull some heavy machine.
1.P.29-scowl
Ex: The sky suddenly scowled, and like me scowled my bad mood to the weather.
2.P.41-simmer
Ex: She was simmered with hatred. Although t he feeling of hatred is just like simmering on the pot but she’s going to simmer very soon.
3.P.58-obliged
Ex: He is obliged for what he has now, even though he just owns a little.
4.P.67-soothe
Ex: Crying is a way to soothe pressure and depressing feeling.
5.P.81-swollen
Ex: Her eyes were swollen after she cried.
6.P.93-untamed
Ex: Those horses are untamed and dangerous, be careful when you go near them.
~part 1~
by*David
1.(23)parlor-She lied on a small settee in the parlor.
2.(24)mattress-He kept his money under her mattress.
3.(28)rehearsal-The band is having a rehearsal now.
4.(29)maggoty-After a month the meat is maggoty.
5.(30)flannel-The jacket is made of flannel.
6.(32)biscuit-I eat a biscuit for breakfast.
7.(40)windmill-The machcine is powered by windmills.
8.(42)plowboy-Plowboy lives in a farm.
9.(43)blizzard-A blizzard of letter is send into my home.
10.(44)tornado-A tornado formed in the town.
11.(46)prairie-The prairie in Africa is very big.
12.(48)bushel-We have a bushel of homework to do today, I am so tired.
13.(49)compliment-I like to compliment others so they will feel good.
14.(55)drizzle-Standing in a drizzle might make you sick.
15.(59)distant-The moon is distant from Earth.
1. quake(p.41)-I was standing outside the cold wind quaking this afternoon.
2. bushel(p.48)-We sold a bushel, which is 35.2 liter of wheat today.
3. pus(p.65)-Pus was flowing out from the lump on my burned legs.
4. whir(p.68)-The train whirred by the train station without stopping.
5. quench(p.67)-The thirsty athlete quenched his thirst with a bottle of water.
6. octave(p.73)-The little girl is very talented in singing, she can sing four octaves.
7. prairie(p.75)-There are many huge prairies in Africa.
Chelsea (part 1)
p.10 grin
You had been grining for a long time, I din't know what you pleased about?
p.18 clank
We often heard the clank of chains in the jail.
p.26 spindle
Spidle is an important part of making some fabrics.
p.32 locomotive
Hands and feet are locomotive organs.
p.49 rag
He cleaned the car with an little rag.
p.60 kerosene
The first locomotive was wark by the burning of kerosene.
p.73 octave
The octave song is harder than original songs.
p.94 pastel
These children like to use pastel to draw.
p.115 infantile
She often did something very infantile.
p.122 tumbleweed
Tumbleweed is a special plant.
p.131 harp
Harp is very expensive and hard to learn about that.
p.156 ignite
We ignited these wood, to make us warm.
p.156 fierceness
Fierceness is a way to describe something shake very hard.
p.188 brotosaurus
Brotosaurus was a huge dinasour in that time.
p.210 wheat
Wheat was so important for Billie's family.
1)p6-pledged-I pledged myself to fulfil the promise I had made.
2)p8-farewell-They waved farewell to their friends on board the ship.
3)p14-pestering-The beggars pestered the tourists for money.
4)p17-squinted-He squinted through the telescope.
5)p24-parlor-She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.
6)p29-maggoty-That maggoty cakes looks very nauseating.
7)p32-locomotive-The steam locomotive has been superseded by the diesel locomotive.
8)p40-windmill-The grinder was powered by a windmill.
9)p43-petals-A rose has many petals.
10)p46-prairie-The vast prairie stretches west to the horizon.
11)p59-vines-They made their way through a jungle woven with creepers and vines.
12)p60-kerosene-The old man used a kerosene lantern.
13)p63-shuddered-She shuddered at the sight of a stranger hiding behind the door.
14)p67-threshold-He had never crossed the threshold of a bar before.
15)p81-cereus-In the desert,there are many cereus.
~Claire :D
(part2)
80.marble:This floor is made by marble.
83.mortgage:He has no money to pay for the debt,so he mortgage his house.
87.excavate:They decided to excavate a big hole to bury the evidence.
94.enormous:She has a enormous bedroom.
100.chestnut:It's too hard for a baby to eat chestnuts.
108.graze.There were many sheeps grazed on the groud.
115.infantile:Althought he is a adult,he sometimes still act like a infantile child.
136.cripple:It's so cruel to laugh at the cripple,how could you do that?
1.(page 17)squint - He squinted through the telescope as I make the strange sound.
2.(page 82)petal - The rose has beautiful red petals.
3.(page 110)haunt - The man was haunted by fear after he stole the earrings from the store.
4.(page 160)mattress - He kept his love letters under his mattress.
5.(page 161)rickety - I was trying to fix a rickety table.
6.(page 16)whittle down - The boss was trying to whittle down the employees' salaries.
7.(page 127)stiffness - The stiffness and shyness between new students soon disappeared after a few games.
8.(page 176)sleeve - He rolled up his sleeves and go to work.
9.(page 184)parcel - My mom got a parcel from her sister today.
10.(page 185)reverend - The reverend was praying in the church.
11.(page 135)cripple - No one woulb like to be called a cripple.
12.(page 13)stomp - He was so angry that he stomp he foot.
13.(page 40)windmill - The grinder was powered by a windmill.
14.(page 41)quake - I stood in the rain,quaking with fear.
15.(page 59)reed - She gathered a handful of reeds and gave them to the kids.
7.P.11-riled
Ex: With a lot of school pressures, students nowadays are easy to be riled.
8.P.68-devour
Ex: The darkness of night had devoured the sky.
9.P.75-sod
Ex: Lying on sod watching the beautiful sky is a fun thing to do.
10.P.80-prairie
Ex: Big prairies are home for many wild animals.
11.P.90-cling
Ex: You can see the vitality of the grass when you see it clinging on the cliff.
12.P.106-revive
Ex: Spring came and that is the time when the nature will revive again.
13.P.107-roam
Ex: It is impressing to roam in the sea of lavender in Provence.
14.P.166-ripply
Ex: There was beautiful ripply waves in the pond when the diamond ring drown.
15.P.176-sleet
Ex: You are always there for me, to give me warm, even in cold sleets.
~part 2~
by*David
1.p.102-suffocated-The smoke almost suffocated me, I'm almost out of breathe.
2.p.102-prairie-The prairie was so big that there seemed to be no end.
3.p.107-thrived-Sun flowers thrives under the sun, the color is kind of shining.
4.p.109-stubborn-He as stubborn as a mule. He has a bad personality.
5.p.119-awhile-Let's wait for him awhile. He'll soon be arrived.
6.p.126-pandowdy-This pandowdy tastes good. The apple in it are fresh and delicious.
7.p.128-scarred-The cut on her finger is scarring well. It is almost disappeared.
8.p.129-amateur-He is an amateur of the fishes. He doesn't know anything about the fish at all.
9.p.146-sagging-He sit sagging in his chair. It makes the chair change it shapes.
10.p.148-reassuring-The father talk to the boy in a reassuring sound. It makes the boy feels better.
11.p.149-pneumonia-He died of pneumonia. Because always smokes.
12.p.156-fierceness-The man needed to have a deep breathe because his heart was beating fierceness.
13.p.157-warped-The cucumber was warped. It was not fresh at all.
14.p.163-procession-The soldiers marched in a procession on the road. They are in a line.
15.p.166-parlor-The cat was lying on the parlor floor. Beside it wsas the master watching TV.
1. excavate (pg. 87): The archaeologists are excavating an ancient city in South America right now.
2. revue (pg. 91): The revue I saw yesterday on TV was very sarcastic and a little funny.
3. glowering (173): The young man seemed glowering after being teased by another man in front of his girlfriend.
4. musky (103): Soem of the wood has musky smell.
5. sod (107): Sods were being removed due to the construction of political buildings.
6. custard (126): I love eating custard. Custard is creamy!
7. pandowdy (126): Pandowdy is a sweet dessert made with apple and other ingredients.
8. jittery (131): I am always jittery before the monthly test.
9. pout (132): Children are always in the pouts whenever they couldn't get something they want.
10. straddle (143): Do a straddle stand and be ready to do warm-up exercise!
11. clamp (144): Use your fingers to clamp your nose if you smell anything awkward.
12. grit (146): There are grit left behind by the truck.
13. stale (200): Fruit and bread will go stale if you don't preserve them well.
14. grime (166): After driving on a muddy track, we have to clean the griem off our Jeep.
15. cereus (81): There are cereus plants growing in the tropics in America.
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8. seep(p.78)-Water is seeping from the broken cup.
9. mortgage(p.83)-After working very hard in the past three years, I finally had paid off my mortgage.
10. excavate(p.87)-Thw government decided to excavate this mountain to see if there is gold in it.
11. deform(p.92)-The anger deformed her face, making her look very ugly.
12. charcoal(p.94)-During a barbecue, charcoal is very important, or else you can not start a fire.
13. clog(p.102)-The sewer is cloged with trash, no wonder the the streets always flood when ever it rains.
14. streak(p.104)-After riding through the puddle of mud, my bicycle streaked the road with dirt.
15. gully(p.105)-There used to have little fish in the gullies, but they all died because of the pollution.
Chelsea(part 2)
1.prairie(p.75)--The cows and sheep are eating grass on the prairie.
2.clog(p.102)--The road to the train station is clogged with traffic.
3.forsaken(p.104)-- Her husband has forsaken his drinking habit.
4.moist(p.105)---The leaf was moist with dew in dawn.
5.clarinet(p.132):--He is playing the clarinet in the orchestra of concordia middle school.
6.filthy(p.141)--Your room is filthy!It seems like you hadn't clean your rooms for weeks!
7.smothered(p.145)--He smothered the flame with a soaked tower.
8.sagging(p.146)--His mom encouraged him to keep him from the sagging spirit.
9. fierceness(p.156)--Mary needed to breathe deeply when her heart was beating with such fierceness before the race.
10.mottled(p.209)-- The back of this dog was mottled.
1.(page 60)kerosene-Ancient people used kerosene lanterns, but now we use lightbulb.
2.(page 62)antiseptic-I use antiseptic to clean my wound.
3.(page 75)hawk-There are some hawks in the sky.
4.(page 75)stubborn-I have told him many times, but he is still so stubborn.
5.(page 79)chunk-Dad ate a chunk of meat for dinner.
6.(page 80)hairpin-I saw a hairpin on her head.
7.(page 80)marble-The children are playing marbles.
8.(page 82)wilt-Flowers wilted under the sun.
9.(page 83)mortgage-The bank refused to accept any mortgage on land.
10.(page 84)plow-Farmers use tractors to plow their fields.
p.111(festered)-His wound was festered that he needed to go to the doctor immidiately.
p.129(amateur)-I'm a amateur at this, so go find a specialist to get the right imformation.
p.12(distracted)-There are so many things that he needs to do, he's distracted.
p.15(meantime)-The family is sleeping peacefully, meantime, the thief is coming.
p.19(overpayment)-He use the overpayment to buy a i-pod for himself.
p.63(shudder)-She is shuddering in the cold wheather.
p.68(tassle)-She pulled the tassles on the corns and cook them.
by Jeff Tsai(PART ONE)
#1
1.attic(p.18)- The sight on the attic of this building is wonderful.
2.mustache(p.117)- He grows a mustache as he's getting older.
3.kerosene(p.78)- In time before, people used kerosene lantern to illumine.
4.drizzle(p.55)- The drizzle continued over several days and it made people unhappy.
5.chafe(p.63)- He got a chafe as he fall down.
6.suffocated(p.102)- I'm almost suffocated by the smoke.
7.windmill(p.40)- The windmill provides power for the grinder.
8.revue(p.91)- This revue brought about great resounds and became reallt famous.
1. pg.6 revenge: He wanted revenge for his mother's murder.
2. pg.13 aisle: He went down the aisle of the basement.
3. pg.14 supremely: How supremely singing for the president can be.
4. pg.61 apron: The maid wears whit apron during the work.
5. pg.68 descending: I lean against the glasses and watch the elevator descending.
(part one)
1.ripe(p.3):During autumn, rice comes ripe and waves under the sunshine.
2.crouch(p.3):The little girl crouched, holding a stick and drawing on the sand.
3.bawl(p.3):When it was time to see the dentist, my sister bawl loudly and struggled on the floor.
4.freckle(p.3):She has lots of freckle on her facs, it makes her face look dark.
5.fondness(p.3):I have a fondness of chocolate because it is sweet and smooth.
6.scowl(p.7):I scowled when I knew my sister broke my favorite pen.
7.civil(p.7):It's civil to say "thank you" and "please."
8.tease(p.8):Stop teasing him! Don't you see that he is angry now?
9.aisle(p.13):The aisle is full of thing so that I can't get through.
10.sizzle(p.13):Snakes sizzle when there's creature coming toward them.
11.nightie(p.16):How cute the baby was when he was in the pinky nightie!
12.moldy(p.19):The moldy toste smelled gross in the kitchen.
13.quake(p.41):I was quaking in the freezing winter day.
14.blossom(p.43):During the spring, blossoms open inthe breeze and smile to the peole walking past them.
15.gripe(p.49):He is a nagative person because he always gripes how difficult his life is.
1. shale (P.187)- The house is made from shale, it’s cool inside.
2. plow (P.187)- A cow is pulling a plow in the farm.
3. blade (P.187)- The hunter thrust the blade into the bear’s throat.
4. spine (P.187)- He hurt his spine, he could hardly stand.
5. migrants (P.199)- The migrants from France finally get used to their new life in Taiwan.
6. shredding (P.200)- My mother is shredding meat so she can cook them easily.
7. hoarding (P.200)- He is hoarding money day by day so he can buy a computer in the future.
8. gaunt (P.200)- She looks gaunt after her long illness, she should eat more to be healthy again.
9. ointment (P.210)- He put some ointment on the wound.
10. cottony (P.209)- I like to lie on the cottony blanket, it’s very comfortable.
11. loft (P.212)- The loft of that house was full of trash.
12. flinch (P.216)- You shouldn’t flinch from the difficulties, you should overcome them.
13. nourish (P.219)- The farmers nourished their crops carefully.
14. gophers (P.220)- There are gophers in America. They are a kind of mouse.
15. betrothal (P.226)- The groom gave a betrothal gift to the bride.
#2
9.gripe(p.49)- He's always griping about his homework.
10.gushing(p.105)- Hot spring is gushing from holes on the ground.
11.amateur(p.129)- He got an amateur shooting skill on basketball.
12.squint(p.17)- Benny keeps squinting at his cat.
13.blizzard(p.43)- The blizzard outside lowered the temperture.
14.ripple(p.64)- Winds caused ripples on water.
15.charcoal(p.94)- He use charcoal to draw.
p.121(migrant)-The increasing of migrants terrorized the ratio of losing job.
p.122(tumbleweed)-The tumbleweeds grow wildly on the remains.
p.125(whiskey)-He was drunk by drinking bottles of whiskey.
p.126(pandowdy)-Mom made some pandowdies tfor me as dessert.
p.131(accordion)-He plays accordion for fun.
p.131(jittery)-She's a little bit jittery that she never has a good sleep.
p.138(prospect)-There's no prospect for us to live forever.
p.141(whatsoever)-Whatsoever, that doesn't matter anymore.
by Jeff Tsai
6. pg.115 infantile paralysis- He had infantile paralysis since he was little.
7. pg.126 pandowdy- I would like to have an apple pandowdy as a dessert.
8. pg.130 clarinet- She practices clarinet everyday.
9. pg.135 cripple- He is a cripple, he can't walk normally.
10. pg.148 reassuring- These reassuring words inspires me.
11. pg.153 soothe- We didn't know how to soothe this pity girl.
12. pg.156 ignite- I ignited the firecracker.
13. pg.176 parch- My lips parchs when I don't drink much water.
14. pg.180 rancher- The rancher feeds the cows everyday.
15. pg.184 parcel- This parcel came in the mail today.
1.(p.32) biscuit : I go to a bakery to get some biscuits for lunch.
2.(p.41) quake : When earthquake occurs, every thing quake like they are going to fall.
3.(p.48) bushel : A bushel of stuffs totally make my room in to a mess.
4.(p.49) gripe : You gripe too much, and that is why you have so many white hairs.
5.(p.63) shudder : She shudder when she walk home alone in a dark dark night.
6.(p.64) ripple : When you touch the surface of water, there will be ripple.
7.(p.67) quench : He stop thinking and try to quench his feeling.
8.(p.67) soothe : She soothe her intense emotion by hearing classical music.
9.(p.73) octave : The rang of your voice is an octave higher than mine.
10.(P.75) sod : On Moon Festivel, many of us lay on sod and eat some moon cakes.
11.(p.83) mortgage : Sometimes it is risky while mortgaging with other.
12.(p.87) excavate : I excavate the ground wanting to find some precious stuffs.
13.(p.94) charcoal : We didn't use charcoal very much nowaday, We use lights to replace the way of making fire with charcoal.
14.(p.102)suffocate : Open the window, please. I'm nearly suffocate.
15.(p.115) infantile : An Adault often do something infantile often are discribed with the word "childish".
1) P.142 bruise- In the serious car accident, lucky he only got bruised.
2) P.142 desperate- A desperate person will try very hard to finish a thing.
3) P.149 pneumonia- Many people died in pneumonia because they didn’t take good care of him.
4) P.156 ignites- Things can easily get ignited in a dry environment.
5) P.129 amateur- Those singer in the pub are amateur singers.
6) P.131 jittery- Walking on the Sky Walk make me feel jittery.
7) P.132 applause- People should give applause as respect after watching a play.
8) P.133 chaos- After the concert, there might always be a view of chaos.
9) P.136 cripple- This serious accident caused him to became a cripple.
10) P.121 simmer- The soup was simmered on a stove.
11) P.104 pong- People usually can’t stand to in pong.
12) P.105 moist- In the early morning, there are moist on the leaves.
13) P.109 haunting- The trip to foreign country would always be the haunting memory.
14) P.111 agony- The wars usually brings the agony and famine to cause seriously problems.
15) P.115 paralysis- If you sit on a chair for a long time, it may cause you leg paralysis.
1.maggoty(p.29):After putting it for a month, we see the cake change into a maggoty dust.
2.scowl(p.29):Why does she scowl all day? Is there anything happened to her?
3.rehearsal(p.28):Our drama is in rehearsal now.
4.biscuit(p.32):He likes to eat biscuit for his breakfast.
5.locomotive(p.32):In these locomotive days tourism has become the mainstay of the country.
6.plowboy(p.42):My father is a plowboy.
7.obliged(p.58):He is so obliged that we helped him when he was in danger.
8.kerosene(p.60):We rarely see a kerosene light now.
9.quench(p.67):The fire was quenched with a large bucket of water.
10.whir(p.68):A limousine whirred him away.
11.stupor(p.71):He is so stupor after he works all day long.
12.cereus(p.81):Do't touch the cereus, it might sting you.
13.swollen(p.81):Her eyes were swollen after she cried all day.
14.untamed(p.93):This untamed horse run so fast that no one can catch it.
15.infantile(p.115):My mother likes to play with infantile kids.
16.moist(p.105):Her eyes were moist with tears.
17.paralysis(p.115):The accident left him with paralysis of the arms.
18.tumbleweed(p.122):Don't forget to water the tumbleweed or they will die.
19.bruise(p.142):He fell from his bike and bruised his knee.
20.pneumonia(p.149):He died of pneumonia.
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