Patsy Vocabulary

Good readers develop new vocabulary as they read. Look for unfamiliar, unusual, interesting or puzzling words as you read.

For example-

Word: humilation (Rebecca)

Sentence from the story: Intially, life with the Dodgers was for Jackie a series of humilations.

Meaning of the word: to be reduced to a lower postion in one's own eyes or the eyes of another

Word: Stuttered (Brooke)

Sentence from the story: But  when I stuttered she just said, "Patsy, don't upset yourself so."

Meaning of the word: To speak or utter with a spasmodic  repetition or prolongantion of sounds.

Word: cypress (Alexa)

Sentence: And when I reached the cypress grove I saw everyone sitting on logs and on theground and around clearing.

 Meaning of word: Any of several evergreen coniferous trees constituting the genus cupressus having dark-green, scalelike, overlapping leaves.