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Chasing Vermeer
Chasing Vermeer vocabulary words, 5th/6th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| absentminded | Adj. - forgetful; do not think about what you’re doing |
| anonymous | Adj. - written, done, or given by a person whose name is not known or made public |
| attribute | Verb - you give credit for it. |
| blackmail | Noun - the crime of threatening to reveal a secret about someone unless the person pays a sum of money or grants a favor |
| coincidence | Noun - a chance happening or meeting; events that happen at the same time by accident but seem to have some connection |
| curator | Noun - the person in charge of a museum or art gallery |
| forge | Verb - To make illegal copies of paintings, money, etc. |
| gullible | Adj. - you believe anything |
| incompetent | Adj. - cannot do it well or effectively |
| inexplicable | Adj. - it cannot be explained |
| justice | Noun - fair and impartial behavior or treatment |
| labyrinth | Noun - maze; number of connecting passages so arranged that it is hard to find one’s way from point to point |
| luminous | Adj. - shining or glowing |
| mediocre | Adj. - of average or less than average quality |
| premises | Noun, plural - land and the buildings on it |
| pretentious | Adj. - making claims to excellence or importance |
| reminiscing | Verb - talk or think about past experiences |
| reproduction | Noun - a copy of something |
| senile | Adj. - weak in mind and body because of old age |
| sulky | Adj. - moody; silent and bad-humored because of resentment; sullen |