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| the German term for “leader” |
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Bruno’s way of pronouncing Fuhrer, which is the German term for “leader” and was a title used for Hitler
Example from text, Page ( 4 ): “All he could say was that his father was a man to watch and that the Fury had big things in mind for him.”
Desolate
Definition: barren; deserted; uninhabited; lonely or solitary
Example from text, Page (11): “The new house, however, stood all on its own in an empty, desolate place and there were no other houses anywhere to be seen, which meant there would be no other families around and no other boys to play with, neither friends nor trouble.”
Out-With
Definition: The location of Bruno’s new home. Bruno believes it is called “Out-With,” when in reality it is Auschwitz, one of the largest concentration camps during the
Holocaust.
Example from text, Page (24): “ ‘I heard Father say that whoever lived here at Out-With before us lost their job very quickly and didn’t have time to make the place nice for us.’
‘Out-With?’ asked Bruno. ‘What’s an Out-With?’
‘It’s not an Out-With, Bruno’ said Gretel with a sigh. ‘It’s just Out-With.’ ”
Commandant
Definition: title of a senior officer in the military, person of high rank
Example from text, Page (19): “ ‘Fathers are supposed to be serious. It doesn’t matter whether they’re greengrocers or teachers or chefs or commandants,’ he said, listing all the jobs that he knew decent, respectable fathers did..”
Vocabulary Chapters 4 & 5: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Directions: Using ONLY context clues, develop a definition for each word. Then, as you are reading, find the quote/phrase in which the vocabulary word is used.
Chapter 4
Chain Gang
Definition:
Example from text, Page (36):
Chapter 5
Determination
Definition:
Example from text, Page ( ):
Signalman
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Example from text, Page ( ):
Ergo
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Insolent
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| fury:barren; deserted; uninhabited; lonely or solitary |
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| the new house however stood on its own |
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| desolate:"doing no evil, free from sin or guilt," from O.Fr. |
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| ignorance of evil; freedom from sin or guilt; harmlessness; lack of knowledge of the world |
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| out- with:person or animal not wanted |
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| an exhortation to expel or dismiss |
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| chain gang:a form of punishment. |
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| a group of prisoners chained together while engaged in forced labor |
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| determination:occurs prior to goal attainment and serves to motivate behavior that will help achieve one's goal |
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| firmness of purpose; resoluteness. |
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| a person whose occupation or duty is signaling, as on a railroad or in the army. |
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| a person responsible for sending and receiving naval or military signals. |
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| ergo:she was the sole beneficiary of the will, ergo the prime suspect |
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