Vocab

Question 1

Profusely

Answer 1

1)adverb 2) exhibiting great abundance; bountiful 3) “The flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green” (738.)

Question 2

Boisterous

Answer 2

1) Adjective 2) noisy and energetic 3) “they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play.”(738.)

Question 3

Reprimand

Answer 3

1) Noun 2) a rebuke, specifically an official rebuke 3)” their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, of books and reprimands.” (738.)

Question 4

Civic

Answer 4

1) Adjective 2) relating to a city or town 3)” by Mr. Summers, who had time and energy to devote to civic activities.”(739.)

Question 5

Jovial

Answer 5

1) adjective 2) friendly/kind 3) “He was a round-faced, jovial man” (739.)

Question 6

Paraphernalia

Answer 6

1)Noun 2) equipment or items that help with an activity. 3)” The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago”(739.)

Question 7

Perfunctory

Answer 7

1) Adjective 2) taking minimum effort 3) “there had been a recital of some sort, performed by the official of the lottery, a perfunctory, tuneless chant that had been rattled off each year” (740.)

Question 8

Interminably

Answer 8

1) Adjective 2) having no end/ forever 3) “he seemed very proper and important as he talked interminably to Mr. Graves and the Martins”(740.)

Question 9

Surluy

Answer 9

1) adjective 2) Un-friendly 3) “I’d rather go to the pool or to the show where it’s cool. So me and Sugar leaning on the mailbox being surly, which is a Miss Moore word” (196.)

Question 10

Ferocious

Answer 10

1) adjective 2) violent/cruel 3) “But then he tries to take off with Junebug foot still in the door so we talk about his mama something ferocious” (197.)

Question 11

Notion

Answer 11

1) noun 2) belief of something 3) “like what, Ronald?” as Miss Moore. And Big Butt ain’t got the first notion”(197.)

Question 12

Recitation

Answer 12

1) noun 2) saying something allowed from memory 3) “Unbelievable,” I hear myself say and am really stunned. I read it again for myself just in case the group recitation” (198.)

Question 13

Treachery

Answer 13

1)noun 2)betrayal of trust 3) “Ms.Moore is beside herself and I am disgusted with Sugar’s treachery” (201.)

Question 14

Furtive

Answer 14

1) adjective 2) secretive 3) “Mama when did Dee ever have any friends?” She had a few. F

Question 15

Cowering

Answer 15

1) verb 2) crouch in fear 3) “She stoops down quickly and lines up picture after picture of me sitting there in front of the house with Maggie cowering behind me.”(170.)

Question 16

Doctrines

Answer 16

1) noun 2) beliefs from church 3) “I accept some of their doctrines, but farming and raising cattle is not my style” (171.)

Question 17

Clabber

Answer 17

1)noun 2)soured milk 3) “She jumped up from the table and went over in the corner where the churn stood, the milk in it clabber by now”(171.)

Question 18

Dasher

Answer 18

1)noun 2) a plunger for churning 3) “When she finished wrapping the dasher the handle stuck out” (171.)

Question 19

Heritage

Answer 19

1) noun 2) inherited property 3) “What don’t I understand?” I wanted to know. ‘Your heritage’ she said” (174.)

Question 20

Trifles

Answer 20

1) noun 2) A thing with little value 3) “With good-natured superiority, women are used to worrying over trifles” (821)

Question 21

Disdainful

Answer 21

1) adjective 2) lack of respect 3) “Which the county attorney’s disdainful push of the foot had deranged” (823.)

Question 22

Acquiescence

Answer 22

1)noun 2) accepting something without a protest 3) “Of course, it’s no more than their duty,’ said the sheriff’s wife, in her manner of timid acquiescence” (823.)

Question 23

Detained

Answer 23

1)Verb 2) Hold back 3) “Mrs.Hale was examining the clothes the women who was being detained in town had wanted” (824.)

Question 24

Shabby

Answer 24

1)adjective 2)poor condition 3)” Wright was close!’ she exclaimed, holding up a shabby black skirt that bore marks of such making over” (824.)

Question 25

Indecisive

Answer 25

1) adjective 2) not settling an issue 3) “ But next moment she moved, and said in her thin, indecisive way” (827.)

Question 26

Scrutinized

Answer 26

1) Verb 2) inspect something thoroughly 3) “One piece of the crazy sewing remained unripped. Mrs.Peters’ back turned, Martha Hale now scrutinized that piece.” (827)

Question 27

Apprehensive

Answer 27

1) Adjective 2) sacred something bad will happen 3) “Again their eyes met- startled, questioning, apprehensive. For a moment neither spoke nor stirred” (828.)

Question 28

Incisively

Answer 28

1) adjective 2) clear direct way 3) “ No Peter’s,’ said the county attorney incisively” (832.)

Question 29

Evasion

Answer 29

1)noun 2) invading something 3) “ Burning look in which there was no evasion nor flinching”(833)

Question 30

Facetiously

Answer 30

1) adjectives 2) treating issues with humor 3) “Her big coat just as the sheriff and the county attorney came back into the kitchen. Well Henry,” said the county attorney facetiously” (834)

Question 31

Pungent

Answer 31

1)adjective 2) strong smell/taste 3) “Old Li dole out onto a stiff sheet of white paper the right amount of insect shells, saffron-colored seeds, and pungent leaves for his ailing customers” (225.)

Question 32

Solemnity

Answer 32

1) Noun 2) being serious 3) “ I knew the only answer to that. I nodded back with equal solemnity”(226.)

Question 33

Pawn

Answer 33

1) Noun 2) a person used by others 3) “Why?’ I asked as I moved my pawn. Why can’t they move more steps” (228.)

Question 34

Benevolently

Answer 34

1) Adjective 2)desire to do good 3) “His face widened with surprise and he grinned as he looked at the box under my arm. Little Sister, been a long time since I play with dolls,” he said, smiling benevolently” (229.)

Question 35

Retort

Answer 35

1) Verb 2) answering a remark 3)” Little Sister, been a long time since I play with dolls,” he said, smiling benevolently. I quickly put the box down next to him on the bench and displayed my retort.” (229.)

Question 36

Prodigy

Answer 36

1) Noun 2) a young person with exceptional abilities 3) “I was still some 429 points away from grand-master status, but I was touted as the Great American Hope, a child prodigy and a girl to boot” (231.)

Question 37

Malodorous

Answer 37

1) Adjective 2) Badly smelling 3) “ I remember that his sweaty brow seemed to weep at my every move. He wore a dark, malodorous suit” (231.)

Question 38

Concessions

Answer 38

1) Noun 2) something given in response to commands 3) “ My parents made my concessions to allow me to practice. One time I complained my bedroom was too noisy and I couldn’t think. Thereafter, my brothers slept in a bed in the living room facing the street” (232.)