The Boys in the Boat Vocabulary

Respite

• A resident of a specific country or area, a habitual visitor to a place

• Plain and without luxury

• Great in size; very impressive or amazing

• A brief period of rest and recovery

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The steersman of a boat who also directs the speed and rhythm of the rowers

• Coxswain

• Denizen

• Prowess

• Meager

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Showing patience and endurance in the face of adversity without complaining or showing emotion

• Impediment

• Scarcity

• Stoic

• Vindictive

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Austere

• To move in a wavy pattern, or with a rising and falling motion

• Plain and without luxury

• Honesty or directness, whether refreshing or distasteful

• Great in size; very impressive or amazing

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An insufficient supply of something

• Overt

• Respite

• Sullen

• Scarcity

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Two things seen or placed together with a contrasting effect

• Juxtaposition

• Onery

• Denizen

• Resilient

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Prodigious

• Honesty or directness, whether refreshing or distasteful

• The quality or fact of being able to grip or hold on to something firmly

• Great in size; very impressive or amazing

• Characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Information, especially of a biased nature, used to promote or publicize a political or commercial cause, or point of view

• Propaganda

• Prognostication

• Resilient

• Dark Horse

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Denizen

• A resident of a specific country or area, a habitual visitor to a place

• honesty or directness, whether refreshing or distasteful

• skill or expertise

• Showing patience and endurance in the face of adversity without complaining or showing emotion

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The quality or fact of being able to grip or hold on to something firmly

• Exuberant

• Juxtaposition

• Tenacity

• Candor

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4