Vocabulary List

for "21 Balloons"

 

These vocabulary words were chosen to be understood in context. The number in parenthesis is the page

number in the book that we used published by the Puffin Newberry Library.

Vocabulary 1

 

conveyance (3)

 

Calcutta (3)

 

atomically restored (4)

 

illustrious (10)

 

fraternity (10)

 

agitate (11)

 

flotsam (12)

 

balustrade (12)

 

wired (12)

 

pomp (12)

 

unparalleled (16)

 

bestowed (16)

 

swathed (16)

 

bunting (17)

 

dirigibles (20)

 

cupola (23)

 

postillion (27)

 

motif (31)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Vocabulary 2

 

farfetched (37)

 

lackey (37)

 

waif (37)

 

bolster (38)

 

tumultuous (38)

 

contraption (39)

 

provisions (45)

 

caliber (51)

 

catastrophic (52)

 

plummeted (54)

 

boulevardier (61)

 

absurd (63)

 

infinitely (69)

 

awe (69)

 

inspiring (69)

 

opulence (77)

 

pavilion (88)

 

prudish (97)

 

cache (98)

 

flywheel (99)

 

shaft (99)

 

tiller (106)

 

On a map, locate the following

countries. What continent are

they on?

 

England

 

Morocco

 

Turkey

 

France

 

Egypt

Vocabulary 3

 

valet (114)

 

trepidation (118)

 

tarpaulins (122)

 

hydrogen (122)

 

permeated (124)

 

perpetual (124)

 

hindrance (133)

 

apprehension (135)

 

formidable (139)

 

monotonous (156)

 

melodrama (171)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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