The Pearl 1-3 Vocab/Review

Question 1

strenuous

Answer 1

requiring or using great exertion

Question 2

indigent

Answer 2

poor; needy

Question 3

reassuring

Answer 3

to remove someone’s doubts or fears

Question 4

suppliant

Answer 4

a person making a humble plea to someone that is in power

Question 5

avarice

Answer 5

extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Question 6

ceaseless

Answer 6

constant; unending

Question 7

plaintively

Answer 7

sounding sad and mournful

Question 8

alms

Answer 8

money or food to give to poor people

Question 9

frantically

Answer 9

in a hurried, excited or disorganized manner

Question 10

pulque

Answer 10

beverage

Question 11

obscured

Answer 11

to keep from being seen; to conceal

Question 12

deftly

Answer 12

very carefully

Question 13

undulating

Answer 13

to move in a wavelike motion

Question 14

illusion & mirage

Answer 14

something that is wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses

Question 15

estuary

Answer 15

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream

Question 16

incandescence

Answer 16

bright

Question 17

poultice

Answer 17

a soft, damp, plant material used to help relieve inflammation and soreness

Question 18

perceptible

Answer 18

a very slight and small movement

Question 19

bulwark

Answer 19

a defensive wall

Question 20

tactful

Answer 20

with skill and sensitivity in dealing with others

Question 21

hesitantly

Answer 21

in a tentative or unsure manner

Question 22

dissembling

Answer 22

to conceal one’s true meanings

Question 23

semblance

Answer 23

the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different

Question 24

furtive

Answer 24

attempt to avoid notice or attention

Question 25

subjugation

Answer 25

the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control

Question 26

judicious

Answer 26

having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense

Question 27

contemptuous

Answer 27

scornful; feeling belief that someone is worthless or lower class

Question 28

involuntarily

Answer 28

without will or conscious control

Question 29

curtly

Answer 29

rude or abrupt manner

Question 30

prophecy

Answer 30

a prediction

Question 31

Kino and Juana’s hut looks out to the…

Answer 31

the sea, the Gulf

Question 32

Kino and his people are of what class of society?

Answer 32

low-class; like animals

Question 33

What does Kino hear when he wakes up?

Answer 33

Song of the Family

Question 34

What is Kino’s brother and sister in law’s name?

Answer 34

Juan Tomas and Apolonia

Question 35

The narrator refers to Kino’s people as the…

Answer 35

animals

Question 36

Unlike the brush huts in the village, the buildings in the town are made of ____ and ____?

Answer 36

stone and plaster

Question 37

What has the Doctor’s race done to Kino’s race for over 400 years?

Answer 37

beaten, starved, robbed, and mistreated them

Question 38

What material items does tue Doctor have that show that he is rich?

Answer 38

silver tray, chocolate pot, and eggshell china