Collection 6: The Cruelest Journey

As you read Kira Salak's "The Cruelest Journey: 600 Miles to Timbuktu," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 9's Collection 6: elements of an epic, The Odyssey, Part 1, The Odyssey, Part 2, The Cruelest Journey, The Real Reasons We Explore Space
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  1. uncanny
    suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
  2. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
  3. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  4. Bight of Benin
    a broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa
  5. taint
    the state of being contaminated
  6. pathological
    caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition
  7. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  8. integrity
    moral soundness
  9. pirogue
    a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log
  10. bail
    remove (water) from a vessel with a container
  11. anathema
    a detested person or thing
  12. embark
    set out on, as an enterprise or subject of study
  13. metamorphose
    change in outward structure or looks
  14. stagnant
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality
  15. metronome
    clicking pendulum indicating the tempo of a piece of music
Created on Fri Jul 18 14:27:42 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:16:09 EDT 2014)

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