Unit 5: Vocabulary from Readings

This list covers "The Walrus and the Carpenter," "Jabberwocky," "Steps," and "The Sidewalk Racer, or On the Skateboard."
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  1. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
    “O Oysters, come and walk with us!”
    The Walrus did beseech.
  2. briny
    slightly salty
    A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
    Along the briny beach
  3. frothy
    emitting or filled with bubbles
    And thick and fast they came at last,
    And more, and more, and more—
    All hopping through the frothy waves,
    And scrambling to the shore.
  4. dismal
    causing dejection
    “After such kindness, that would be
    A dismal thing to do!”
  5. sympathize
    share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of
    “I weep for you,” the Walrus said:
    “I deeply sympathize.”
  6. shun
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
    “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
    The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
    Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
    The frumious Bandersnatch!”
  7. foe
    a personal enemy
    He took his vorpal sword in hand;
    Long time the manxome foe he sought—
    So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
    And stood awhile in thought.
  8. seek
    try to locate, discover, or establish the existence of
    He took his vorpal sword in hand;
    Long time the manxome foe he sought—
    So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
    And stood awhile in thought.
  9. slay
    kill intentionally and with premeditation
    And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
  10. currency
    the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
    They have learned the currency of the New World,
    carrying wishes for gum and candies
    shaped like fish.
  11. crease
    become wrinkled or crumpled
    Carrying a creased note, “Don’t forget.”
    Who wrote it? They’ve already forgotten.
  12. asphalt
    mixed substance used for paving and roofing
    Skimming
    an asphalt sea
    I swerve, I curve, I
    sway
  13. whir
    make a soft continuous sound, as of something in motion
    I speed to whirring
    sound an inch above the
    ground
Created on Tue Feb 16 12:39:23 EST 2021 (updated Fri Feb 19 13:23:49 EST 2021)

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