Vocabulary Journey with My Dog Skip
Explore a vivid journey through words with "My Dog Skip" as the backdrop. Encounter terms such as "abject," "apathetic," "festoon," and "languid" illustrated in context. Immerse yourself in the language realm with Latin, Italian, French, and English origins bringing depth to the narrative.
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MY DOG SKIP VOCAB By: London, Nate, Colt, Jalen
ABJECT adjective Experienced or present to the maximum degree Latin Page 50
ABJECT SENTENCE My throat was choked with thick cottony, saliva, the saliva of abject fear
APATHETIC Part of speech: adjective Definition: showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern. Origin: From Latin apathetic "lack of interest" Roots & Affixes: (a "unfeeling") (pathetic "arousing pity through sadness") Forms: Apathetical(adv)
APATHETIC PG. 51 CHAPTER 5 "Like Skip ,I had no experience with cats, and had been as apathetic to them as he ever was, but it took no genius with the cats to see that this little one had just about given up."
FESTOON verb Adorn (a place) with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations Italian
FESTOON PG. 46 CHAPTER 5 The trees and shrubs were festooned with colorful balloons and ribbons, and from her kitchen she brought out a birthday cake consisting of separate layers of ground meat and bologna in a approximate shape of Skip himself, with four candles on top and the inscription "Happy Birthday, Old Skip!" Written meticulously in salted peanuts."
LANGUID Adjective Displaying or having disinclination of physical exertion or effort French, Latin, and English
LANGUID PG. 45 CHAPTER 5 '' Often in the languid nights Skip and I would climb up to this private place and absorb the sounds of nature all around and look up at the moon. ''
PIETY Noun The quality of being religious or reverent Latin
PIETY PG. 56 CHAPTER 5 '' From the pew behind us an elderly character not particularly know for his piety nudged my shoulder and said, '' Them dogs got the old time religion.''
CHAGRINED Part of speech: Verb Definition: Feel distressed or humiliated Origin: French Roots & Affixes:(chagrin " distressed") (ed past) Forms: Chagrining
CHAGRINED PG. 57 CHAPTER 6 In the summer of his fifth year, for instance, he got hit by a car, the only time that ever happened, the bumper of it knowing him high in the air, and he somersaulted a couple times but landed squarely on his feet and walked away chagrined but unscathed."
BEREFT Part of speech: Verb Definition: Deprived or lacking something, especially a nonmaterial asset Origin: English Forms: Bereave
BEREFT PG. 62 CHAPTER 6 "...a treeless green expanse bereft of lawn furniture and even flowerbeds and bushes..."
PRODIGIOUS Part of speech: Adjective Definition: Extraordinary in size or amount Origin: Latin Roots and Affixes: suffix (ious)having quality or full of) Forms: Prodigiously
PRODIGIOUS PG. 59 CHAPTER 6 "All of a sudden, in one prodigious leap, Skip came at the copperhead from the rear..."
INTERMINABLE Adjective Endless Latin
INTERMINABLE PG 67 CHAPTER 6 "perhaps he had grown tired in our interminable journeyings around town, and he also must have consumed something bad, some stricken water somewhere, some rotten food maybe."
LUGUBRIOUS Looking or sounding sad or dismal Adjective Latin
LUGUBRIOUS PG. 64 CHAPTER 6 " Skip seemed to be having the time of his life, and this angered me: he strolled audaciously among the tombstones and even jumped on top of the gray, lugubrious Darrington crypt to survey the scene"
SUPER SENTENCES Willie Morris was abject about his childhood in My Dog Skip in the middle of the book it was apathetic. During the middle of the book during Christmas it was festooned with many decorations .Willie languid the book by describing his childhood and memories. Willie showed his piety in church but when Skip burst into the church Willie was chagrined. During the summer, Willie and Skip were bereft and spent most of there time stress free or getting a prodigious amount of meat at the grocery store. Willies and Skips friendship was interminable as Skip passed it was lugubrious to the family.
