Ch 13-18

Question 1

wizened

Answer 1

shriveled or wrinkled with age

Question 2

timbre

Answer 2

the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity

Question 3

zygote

Answer 3

the fetilized egg

Question 4

vivaciousness

Answer 4

lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly

Question 5

quoit

Answer 5

a ring of iron, rope, or rubber thrown in a game to encircle or land as near as possible to an upright peg
“throw or propel like a quoit”

Question 6

languid

Answer 6

slow and relaxed, or weak from fatique

Question 7

vagrant

Answer 7

a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging

Question 8

morosely

Answer 8

in a sullen, gloomy, or ill-humored way

Question 9

querulously

Answer 9

full of complaints; complaining

Question 10

derelicts

Answer 10

a person without a home, job, or property, or something abandoned by its owner and in poor condition
(latter is the one used in the book!)

Question 11

accouterments

Answer 11

additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity

Question 12

exhortation

Answer 12

an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something

Question 13

tule

Answer 13

a large bulrush (water plant) that is abundant in marshy areas of California

Question 14

flailing

Answer 14

beat; flog, swing widly

Question 15

vehemence

Answer 15

the display of strong feeling; passion

Question 16

decorous

Answer 16

in keeping with good taste; polite and restrained

Question 17

mattock

Answer 17

hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping