Nickel Boys vocab

Question 1

dilapidated

Answer 1

broken-down because of age or neglect

Question 2

instigate

Answer 2

to start a fight

Question 3

demeaning

Answer 3

causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others

Question 4

discretion

Answer 4

the power or right to decide or act according to one’s own judgment; care in not attracting attention or letting out private information

Question 5

nefarious

Answer 5

evil; up to no good

Question 6

capricious

Answer 6

unpredictable and always changing

Question 7

fastidious

Answer 7

giving careful attention to detail

Question 8

euphemism

Answer 8

the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt

Question 9

nebulous

Answer 9

lacking definition or definite content

Question 10

comportment

Answer 10

behavior

Question 11

harbinger

Answer 11

something that foreshadows a future event

Question 12

dissipate

Answer 12

to cause to separate and go in different directions

Question 13

insolent

Answer 13

showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Question 14

kin

Answer 14

family

Question 15

malleable

Answer 15

able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking