Vocabulary:
Definitions
Definitions
Vocabulary:
Know the Word
Know the Word
Vocabulary:
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Themes & More!
100
Steed
a horse, usually majestic and swift
100
to bargain or argue over the cost of an item in hopes of meeting a mutually agreed upon price
Haggle
100
The ______ for me to attend New York University will cost a lot! (I hope I can get a scholarship!)
tuition
100
This character is a deity who rules over monkeys on Flower-Fruit Mountain.
The Monkey King
100
The author of American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang
200
Immortality
a never-ending life
200
a short story which imparts some kind of lesson or moral
Parable
200
When travelling to visit my family in Canada the airline lost my ______ .
luggage
200
The novel’s protagonist. He is a Chinese American boy whose mother and father emigrated from China to San Francisco’s Chinatown, where he is born.
Jin
200
The set of characteristics by which a person or thing is definitively recognizable or known.
OR
The awareness that an individual or group has of being a distinct, persisting entity.
Identity
300
Ironically
unexpectedly or coincidentally
300
Having substances that a person needs in order to remain healthy
Nutritious
300
The student studied __________ because he had no idea what was going to be on the English literature mid-term exam.
fervently
300
A Taiwanese boy who moves to Jin’s neighborhood when they’re in fifth grade. He wears sweatpants, a collared robot shirt, and large, thick glasses when he’s in elementary school.
Wei-Chen Sun
300
A standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment.
Stereotype
400
Decree
An official order having the force of law
400
Incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
invulnerability
400
I would lie awake late at night analyzing my feelings for her. She wasn’t ______________ beautiful and she spoke with a slight lisp (88).
exceptionally
400
The creator of the world in the Monkey King’s story. He’s a tall individual who takes the form of a human, with red flowing robes, long hair and beard, and a tall curved staff.
Tze-Yo-Tzuh
400
A marked change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better.
Transformation
500
Stilted
Overly formal or stiff; not easy, natural, or fluid
500
To think about; to contemplate in the mind for a prolonged period of time.
Ponder
500
It’s about us being friends, and me not wanting to __________ that!
jeopardize
500
A blond girl who goes to school with Jin beginning in third grade, but whom Jin only begins to take notice of her when they’re in seventh grade.
Amelia Harris
500
What is the new name that the Monkey King chooses to call himself?
The Great Sage, Equal of Heaven
