The Next Great Paulie Fink - Vocabulary Words

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The wounded wolf

hid in its den.

You have to be
careful around feral
dogs.

Stop eating boogers

and get back to work.

It was cold outside,

so Ludovick put on a
scarf

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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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paulie fink very very bad i wanna

commit sleeping in class while

other people are reading the book