Ch 25-30

Question 1

pall

Answer 1

a dark cloud or covering of smoke, or a coffin cloth covering

Question 2

forlornly

Answer 2

hopeless, feeling sad and lonely especially because of being left alone

Question 3

docilely

Answer 3

in a quiet way that is easy to influence, persuade, or control

Question 4

placards

Answer 4

a poster or sign for public display, to promote something “COTTON PICKERS WANTED”

Question 5

patina

Answer 5

a surface appearance of something grown beautiful especially with age or use, like oxidation

Question 6

inquisitive

Answer 6

curious, prying

Question 7

effluvium

Answer 7

an unpleasant or harmful odor

Question 8

levee

Answer 8

an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river

Question 9

spindly

Answer 9

long or tall and thin, weak or insubstainial

Question 10

culvert

Answer 10

a tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railroad, the thing Tom was staying in before he said goodbye

Question 11

fetid

Answer 11

smelling extremely unpleasant

Question 12

bleakly

Answer 12

lack of hope

Question 13

bluster

Answer 13

to talk loud, aggressive, or indignantly with little effect
something Al does a lot