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The Night the Bed Fell
Vocabulary
Directions: Complete the following vocabulary squares from James Thurber’s humorous essay, The
Night the Bed Fell. You will not be able to complete the sentence until we read the story. The first
one has been completed for you.
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1. RECITA TION
NO U N
DEFINI TIO N:
SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
the act or an instance of reading or
repeating aloud especially publicly
It mak es a be tte r recitation tha n it d oes a pi ece
of wri ting , f or i t is almos t ne cessa ry to th ro w
furni tu re a roun d, sha ke d oo rs, a nd ba rk like a
dog, to l end th e prop e r atm osphe re a nd
ve risimilitud e to wha t is admi ttedly a so me wha t
incre dible tale.
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2. VERIS IMILITUDE
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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3. GR OPE
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
“Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must
be preserved at all cost.”
~James Thurber
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4. OP P OSE D
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
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5. N OTION
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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6. APPRE HEN SION
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
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7. OMIN OUS
DEFINI TIO N:
SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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8. PUNGEN T
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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9. CEASE
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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10. A CCUSTOME D
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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11. INTER VA LS
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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12. A LLAY
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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13. UNCA NNY
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
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14. CR OTC HETS
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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15. PR EMONITION
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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16. CHLOR OF OR M
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17. A VER T
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
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18. CA LA MITY
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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19. EX TRIC ATE
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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20. PH OBIA
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
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21. F OR TITUDE
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
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22. PRESE NTLY
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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23. C ULPRIT
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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24. ADJOIN IN G
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
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25. DE LUGE
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SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”
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26. PER ILOUS
DEFINI TIO N:
SEN TE NC E F RO M “T HE NIG HT T HE BE D
FEL L”