Shattering Glass

Question 1

Indifferent

Answer 1

Adj. Not interested or concerned about something, neither good nor bad.
Example: I was so tired that I played basketball indifferently.

Question 2

Drone

Answer 2

noun.
a person who does work that is boring and not very important.
A deep continuous sound
To make a continuous sound
Example: I feel like people think I could be a drone sometimes since I am always doing what I am told.

Question 3

Saunter

Answer 3

verb. To walk in a slow relaxed manner without effort.
Example: I walked to class with a light saunter.

Question 4

Disgruntled

Answer 4

adj. Angry or dissatisfied.
Baffled: adj. confused
Example: I was baffled by my friend’s selfish acts.

Question 5

Grimace

Answer 5

noun. An ugly, twisted expression on a persons face, usually to express pain or disgust.
verb. to make a grimace
Example: I grimaced at the thought of the moldy bread sitting in my fridge. Welcoming me when I come home and want to make a sandwich.

Question 6

Dabble

Answer 6

verb. To play or take part in an activity in a way that is not serious.
Example: I like to dabble in various after school activities.

Question 7

Accusatory

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adj. Expressing blame or accusing someone.

Example: I made an accusatory look at my brother who claimed he did not break my game to my mom.

Question 8

Demeanor

Answer 8

noun. A person’s outward behavior or appearance

Example: His demeanor may be responsible, respectful and trustworthy, but inside he is an ugly person.

Question 9

Annihilate

Answer 9

verb. To destroy something completely
Example: Sometimes I want to annihilate every bug in the universe, but when I think about it, we need the bugs to maintain homeostasis.

Question 10

Devious

Answer 10

adj. willing to lie or trick. People to get what one wants.

Example: I never knew that she had a devious side to her.

Question 11

Infer

Answer 11

verb. To form an opinion or reach a conclusion based on evidence
Inference: noun. A conclusion or opinion formed based on factor evidence.
Example: I inferred that Rob had a devious and dark side to him based on context clues.

Question 12

Foreshadow

Answer 12

Verb. To give a suggestion or hint about something that has not happened yet.
Example: The author uses small details about Rob and Glass to foreshadow about later events in the story.

Question 13

Recalcitrant

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adj. Stubbornly refusing to obey rules or orders.

Example: The new puppy was stubborn and recalcitrant. No matter what orders we give him he refuses to obey them.

Question 14

Supposition

Answer 14

noun. An idea or theory that one believes is true.

Example: The room buzzed with different opinions and suppositions to the problem.

Question 15

Clamorous

Answer 15

adj. Full of loud noise

Example: The audience was clamorous after the band’s performance.

Question 16

Abashed

Answer 16

adj. Embarrassed

Example: I was abashed after my crush found out that I liked him.

Question 17

Despondent

Answer 17

adj. Very sad, without hope.
Example: After finishing a good story by my favorite author I felt despondent because I will never experience the feeling of reading the story at first ever again.

Question 18

Concur

Answer 18

verb. To agree with someone or something
Example: Although I disagree with some of your opinions about Global Warming, I do concur with your idea that we should reduce the amount of gas we burn a day.

Question 19

Barrage

Answer 19

noun. A great amount of something that comes quickly and continuously.
Example: The Miami Heat fan at the New York Knicks game was constantly barraged with rude and hateful comments and opinions.

Question 20

Ingrained

Answer 20

Adj/verb. Being a part of the inner most nature of a being.
Example: I was ingrained with the thought that the color gray was spelled like grey, but it turns out you can spell the color either way.

Question 21

Plod

Answer 21

verb. to walk slowly with heavy steps.

Example: Every morning I force myself to get up and plod to school.

Question 22

Ostentatious

Answer 22

adj. Excessively showy, displaying wealth, knowledge, etc, a talent of skill. In a way that is meant to attract attention or jealousy.
Example: My rich relative ostentatiously showed off his one of a kind collectors edition painting.