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Question 1

menacing

Answer 1

Sleek and black, menacing.

making you expect something unpleasant SYN threatening

Question 2

retribution

Answer 2

A father does not fear retribution from his son, but I was not his son.

severe punishment for something very serious

Question 3

resolute

Answer 3

She herself seemed resolute, as determined as ever, but with an undertone od sadness I had never seen before, like the news had devasted her at first but she’d since reconciled herself to the reality of it.

doing something in a very determined way because you have very strong beliefs, aims etc OPP irresolute

Question 4

berate

Answer 4

Abel had been berating one of his workers in the yard, and my mom had tried to get between them.

formal to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong

Question 5

schlep

Answer 5

The days of endlessly schlepping back and forth to church were no longer my problem.

to carry or pull something heavy
I schlepped his bag all the way to the airport and he didn’t even thank me.

Question 6

catharsis

Answer 6

My cry was not a cry of sadness. It was not catharsis. It weren’t me feeling sorry for myself.

formal the act or process of removing strong or violent emotions by expressing them through writing, talking, acting etc

Question 7

bawl

Answer 7

THen the moment he looked up and saw me he broke down and started bawling.

1 [intransitive, transitive] (also bawl out) to shout in a loud voice SYN yell

Question 8

gurney

Answer 8

My mom wea there in triage on a gurney.

a long narrow table with wheels used for moving sick people in a hospital

Question 9

triage

Answer 9

(in medical use) the method of deciding who receives medical treatment first, according to how seriously someone is injured

Question 10

despise

Answer 10

My mom had been shot by a man I despised.

to dislike and have a low opinion of someone or something