seedfolks vocab

Question 1

Trowel

Answer 1

any of several small hand tools used for spreading smoothing or scooping soil plaster of motor

Question 2

trough

Answer 2

a narrow depression in the land surface (or between 2 waves)

Question 3

obituary

Answer 3

a record or announcement of death

Question 4

coolie

Answer 4

a worker who does heavy labor for little or no pay

Question 5

spigot

Answer 5

a faucet controls flow of water

Question 6

pacifism

Answer 6

the belief that war is unnecessary in any reason

Question 7

compromised

Answer 7

to agree or settle in a way where each side gives up something to meet in the middle

Question 8

slouching

Answer 8

to have a lazy or drooping posture

Question 9

coincidence

Answer 9

a remarkable accurance of events without apparent connection

Question 10

haphazard

Answer 10

not planned accidental disorganized messy or chaotic

Question 11

obliged

Answer 11

to do as someone asks or desires in order to help or please them

Question 12

tremolo

Answer 12

a vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion

Question 13

language barrier

Answer 13

difficulty communicating because because people speak different languages

Question 14

refuge

Answer 14

shelter or protection from danger

Question 15

decisively

Answer 15

to make a decision quickly and effectively

Question 16

decorum

Answer 16

polite behavior dress good taste

Question 17

vast

Answer 17

great or large in size

Question 18

furrowed

Answer 18

wrinkles or lines on the face

Question 19

crevaces

Answer 19

narrow openings caused by cracks or splits

Question 20

diversity (not in book)

Answer 20

variety a range of different things including ethnicity

Question 21

simile

Answer 21

comparison of two things using like or as

Question 22

Hyperbole

Answer 22

an exaggeration

Question 23

personification

Answer 23

giving human characteristics to a non human object

Question 24

onomatopoeia

Answer 24

the use of a word to make a sound

Question 25

metaphor

Answer 25

comparison of two things without using like or as