Class: 8

Subject: Vocabulary
Unit 4 Lesson 1 “From Under the Persimmon Tree”

Literary Terms

- Novel: a book-length fictional story

- Historical Nonfiction: consists of true accounts of historical eras and events

Vocabulary Words

1- Blister(n.): a fluid-filled elevation of the epidermis

2- Tattered (adj.): torn into shreds
3- drape (v.): arrange cloth loosely or casually on or round something

4-Edible (adj.): fit to be eaten

5- Refugee (n.): a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape

danger or persecution

6- Huddle (v.): to gather in a close-packed group

7- Tether (v.): tie an animal with a rope or chain so as to restrict its movement

8- Intention (n.): plan

9- Tumultuous (adj.): full of activity, confusion, or violence

10- Treacherous (adj.): marked by hidden dangers, hazards, or perils

11- Dispossessed (adj.): thrown off of one´s land or property; without a home

12- Mull (v.): think about carefully and for a long time

13- Entail (v.): require; involve

14- Exile (n.): the state or a period of forced absence from one´s country or home

15- Feeble (adj.): weak

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16- Inconsolable (adj.): unable to be comforted

17- Incessantly (adv.): without end

18- Humiliate (v.): to reduce someone to a lower position in one´s own eyes or
others´ eyes

19- Inhumanity (n.): the quality or state of being cruel or barbarous

20- Resilience (n.): the ability to recover or bounce back from a difficult situation