The Next Great Paulie Fink - Vocabulary Words

Fill in the blanks, you must find words from the book you do not know. You need 7 new
words for each section of 50 pages of the book:
1. Write the new vocabulary word.
2. Write its context from the book and guess the meaning of the chosen word.
3. Find the dictionary definition using WordReference.
4. Use it in a sentence.

# Vocabulary Context Dictionary Use it in a

words Clues – Guess the Definition sentence
meaning

Pages 1-50

1 “This den of stinking An animal’s lair or a

Den (p.3) goats” refuge for wild The wounded wolf
animals hid in its den.
a place for animals?

2 ‘’with all enthusiasm wild (animal) You have to be

Feral (p.15) of a feral cat being careful around feral
dipped in an dogs.
ice-water bath

scared?

3 ‘’you looked like Dried Nasal Mucus Stop eating boogers

Boogers (p.19) someone forced you and get back to work.
to eat boogers’’

food?

4 ‘’make up in for in neck covering It was cold outside,

Scarf (p.20) layers of fabric- flowy so Ludovick put on a
pants, tunic, mile scarf
long scarf’’

piece of fabric?

5 ‘’She just moved to excitement It’s a thrill to invite my

Thrill (p.20) Mitchell, isn’t that a friend over to my
thrill’’ house

nice?

6 ‘’ he’d sit with the athlete (without Felipe is a jock

Jocks (p.21) jocks’’ brain)
 athletic people?

7 ‘’and she’s got a made by weaving I have a woven

Woven (p.23) million woven bracelet
bracelets on her
arm’’

fabric?

Pages 50-100

8 ‘’..., trying to figure Enemy He is my foe

Foe (p.61) out if he was friend
or foe.’’

enemy?

9 ‘’..., and an origami japanese art of That’s a nice origami

Origami (p.70) frog’’ folding paper

Paper sculptures?

10 ‘’...wholly unrelated school program I’m part of the

Curriculum (p.70) to the curriculum’’ science curriculum.

event?

11 ‘’…personal kitchens sudden desire I can’t sleep at my

Whims (p.71) at students whims’’ whim

will?

12 ‘’eating the contents sticky fluid maple syrup is glop

Glopping (p.71) in giant, glopping
spoonfuls.’’

big?

13 ‘’Unintentionally amazed I am bedazzled

Bedazzled (p.73) bedazzled and not
exactly thrilled about
it’’

surprised?

14 ‘’... the hat on the frame around I placed my hat on

Mantel (p.74) fireplace mantel’’ fireplace the mantel.

surface?

Pages 100-150

15 ‘’Then someone scornful expression He sneers a couple

Sneer (p.100) would sneer, nice words to his friend.
shirt’’
 whisper?

16 ‘’Do when the pitcher person who throws The pitcher threw a
Pitcher (p.100) rolled the ball…’’ the ball ball at me.

someone who
throws?

17 ‘’Today is…Zucchini green vegetable He ate zucchini.

Zucchini (p.125) Day’’

vegetable?

18 ‘’... nearly as thick as mass of bread I ate a loaf of bread

Loaf (p.126) a loaf of bread’’ in 2 days.

piece?

19 ‘’They’re twisted into curling flowerish This is twisted into

Curlicues (p.126) curlicues’’ curlicues.

twists

20 ‘’All gnarled?’’ twisted, knotted This device is

Gnarled (p.127) gnarled.
damaged?

21 ‘’...I’m a coin without group I have a couple of

Cluster (p.131) a cluster’’ coin clusters.

pack?

Pages 150-200

22 fumigate (p.161) ‘’Fumigate!’’ smoke out They had to fumigate

the building to kill the
disinfect? pests.

23 exasperated ‘’Fiona throws her infuriated, frustrated His mom was

(p.166) hands, exasperated’’ exasperated when
her child wouldn’t
tired? listen to her.

24 blazing (p.166) ‘’... now blazing with bright??? The sun is blazing
autumn colors…’’ today.

excited?

25 eager (p.168)
26 velvet (p.175) ‘’Yumi’s wearing a type of material I have velvet socks
velvet cap…’’

material?

27 pellets (p.177) ‘’Timothy shouts, small round thing I have pellets of cat
tossing pellets at hair.
her.’’

balls?

28 authentic (p.184) ‘’...between an genuine, not fake I have an authentic

authentic…’’ game console from
the 2000s.
real?

Pages 200-250

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Pages 250-300

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Pages 300-350

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paulie fink very very bad i wanna

commit sleeping in class while

other people are reading the book