The Book Thief

Vocabulary Worksheet

The Prologue: A Mountain Range of Rubble

abhorrence -
affable -
alluding -
amiable -
compelled -
genially -
hindered -
increments -
intonations -
malicious -
merges -
poles -
protestations -
resonate -
septic -
severity -
shrouded -
suffices -
traipsing -
trepidation -
versatility -
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Part One: The Grave Digger’s Handbook

atrocious -
audacious -
auspicious -
castigate -
catalyst -
culminating -
cynicism -
derision -
dispositions -
echelons -
futile -
gingerly -
hiatus -
illustrious -
implicit -
incense -
infamous -
innocuously -
luminary -
maniacally -
mediocre -
misogynistic -
nefarious -
obliterated -
perverse -
prolific -
raucous -
seethe -
touted -
utterances -
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Part Two: The Shoulder Shrug

admonish -
animosity -
bigots -
calamity -
caricatures -
consummate -
creed -
crux -
culpability -
decrepit -
deterrent -
fervent -
flippant -
foreboding -
forlorn -
fruition -
ire -
jocular -
kinetic -
machinations -
partisans -
precarious -
proverbial -
succumbing -
venue -
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Part Three: Mein Kampf

bungling -
conglomerate -
congregations -
contempt -
despondently -
diabolical -
euphoria -
immersed -
incongruous -
innate -
irrefutable -
lolled -
obligatory -
pensive -
proffer -
protagonist -
repertoire -
sedated -
surreal -
transcends -
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Part Four: The Standover Man

archetypal -
beleaguered -
bemused -
capitulate -
caustic -
dubious -
emaciated -
emigrating -
emulate -
girth -
grotesquerie -
immutable -
inaugural -
iridescent -
ludicrous -
morose -
mortifying -
ostracism -
notorious -
placidity -
prudently -
quelled -
sadistic -
sporadically -
tirade -
trounced -
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Part Five: The Whistler

accosted -
concerted -
debilitate -
decimated -
desecrated -
deviants -
diminutive -
dissipated -
dour -
entourage -
epitome -
frugal -
gratuitous -
helm -
irate -
litany -
microcosm -
nostalgia -
plethora -
pallid -
repugnant -
sarcasm -
transfixed -
unconscionable -
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Part Six : The Dream Carrier

antithesis -
copiously -
incessantly -
incredulous -
irreparable -
paradox -
repercussions -
resurgence -
serpentined -

Part Seven: The Complete Duden Dictionary and Thesaurus

apparitions -
bulbous -
clamored -
confiscated -
demise -
feigning -
hapless -
intuition -
opus -
stoic -
temerity -
vindication -
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Part Eight: The Word Shaker

abject -
agitators -
cultivated -
dais -
horrendous -
miscreants -
perilous -
rogue -
sentiments -
splice -

Part Nine: The Last Human Stranger

gloated -
semblance -

Part Ten: The Book Thief

alleviated -
apocalyptic -
blaspheme -
bereaved -
cantered -

Epilogue: The Last Color

exquisite -