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The Fear PlaceThe Fear Place
Key VocabularyKey Vocabulary
Houghton Mifflin ReadingHoughton Mifflin Reading
Theme 2 – Give It All You’ve Theme 2 – Give It All You’ve GotGot
© Brent Coley 2008 | www.mrcoley.com© Brent Coley 2008 | www.mrcoley.com
See if you can See if you can correctly correctly
define the define the following following
vocabulary vocabulary words.words.
If necessary, If necessary, use the context use the context clues from the clues from the
sample sample sentences to sentences to
help you.help you.
cautiouscautiousSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:
You should always You should always be be cautiouscautious when when
you cross the you cross the street.street.
cautiouscautiousDefinition:Definition:
adj.adj. Careful; not Careful; not taking chancestaking chances
concentrateconcentrateSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:
I couldn’t I couldn’t concentrateconcentrate on my on my homework because homework because
of all the loud of all the loud noise outside.noise outside.
concentrateconcentrateDefinition:Definition:
v.v. To give your full To give your full attention to attention to somethingsomething
discomfortdiscomfortSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:
John felt John felt discomfortdiscomfort
whenever he had whenever he had to get up in front to get up in front of the class and of the class and
talk.talk.
discomfortdiscomfortDefinition:Definition:
n.n. A feeling of A feeling of uneasiness or uneasiness or
distress; not being distress; not being comfortablecomfortable
dismayeddismayedSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:
She was She was dismayeddismayed when she realized when she realized
she lost her car she lost her car keys.keys.
dismayeddismayedDefinition:Definition:
adj.adj. Troubled or Troubled or distressed; full of distressed; full of
concernconcern
excitementexcitementSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:
The president’s The president’s arrival caused arrival caused
much much excitementexcitement in in the small town.the small town.
excitementexcitementDefinition:Definition:
n.n. A stirred-up A stirred-up feeling; a state of feeling; a state of increased activityincreased activity
immobileimmobileSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:
Four flat tires and Four flat tires and an empty gas tank an empty gas tank
left the car left the car immobileimmobile..
immobileimmobileDefinition:Definition:
adj.adj. Unable to Unable to move; fixed in one move; fixed in one
placeplace
staminastaminaSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:
After months of After months of training, Bill finally training, Bill finally had the had the staminastamina to to
run a marathon.run a marathon.
staminastaminaDefinition:Definition:
n.n. The strength to The strength to not get tired not get tired
quicklyquickly
terrifiedterrifiedSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:
Marcus was Marcus was terrifiedterrified when he when he
saw the rattlesnake saw the rattlesnake on the path.on the path.
terrifiedterrifiedDefinition:Definition:
adj.adj. Very Very frightened; filled frightened; filled
with overpowering with overpowering fearfear
unsureunsureSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:
Due to the cold Due to the cold weather, we were weather, we were
unsureunsure about going about going on the picnic.on the picnic.