PREREADING VOCABULARY WORKSHEETS Their Eyes Were Watching God ‘Chapters 1-4 art I: Using Prior Knowledge and Context Clues Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence, Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean on the lines provided. 1. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher tums his ‘eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. unapproved, not accepted 2. She had come back from the sodden and the bloated; the sudden dead, their eyes flung wide open in judgment. water, wet 3, An envious heart makes a weacherous ear. Fake, impossible, not real 4, Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp and languid. Hurt, pain, 5. The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree, but Janie didn't know how to tell Nanny that, strange, weird 6. She bolted upright and peered out of the window and saw Johnny Taylor lacerating her Janie with a kiss. ‘Showed, told, made. 7. She would expound what Ab fet. Tell, express. 3”rereading Vocabulary Worksheets Their Eyes Were Watching God 8. Finally out of Nannys tak and her own conjectures she made a sort of comfort for herself. ideas, thoughts. 9. He says he never mean to lay de weight uh his hand on me in malice. Bad, meaningful 10. Nanny sent Janie along with a stem mien, but she dwindled all the rest of the day as she worked Happy, happiness. Part II: Determining the Meaning Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions. resignation sodden ‘treacherous languid ddesecrating lacerating expound conjectures malice 10. mien Sen aveene +c 26 3D a4 SH a TA ar 9c 108 Sr rOmmoOp> Explain; give a detailed account Manner or appearance Unresisting acceptance Not trustworthy; dangerous Thoroughly soaked; saturated Ideas formed from guessing Extreme il wll or spite ‘Violating the sacredness of Lacking energy or vitality; weak: Ripping, cutting, or tearing 40