Chapters 4-6 Flashcards

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premonition

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  • a previous warning, as if by feeling warned about
  • My sister got a premonition yesterday in Mrs. Navia’s class.
  • “What do you call it? Premonition?”
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bewildering

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  • very confused, perplexed
  • I was bewildering about the homework, but then my teacher explained it.
  • “Glory, I thought with a bewildering feeling of being rushed, things are happening too quick.”
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groggy

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  • not completely awake
  • I was groggy this morning when I was brushing my hair.
  • “I was still groggy with sleep and wanted to sleep forever right there in the dew and the dawn.”
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reluctantly

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  • unwillingly, struggling against, not wanting to
  • I reluctantly didn’t want to do my math homework last night.
  • “Gee, thanks.” I put the book down reluctantly.”
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imploringly

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  • pleadingly, begging
  • My dog was imploringly for my sandwich and I couldn’t say no to his adorable.
  • “I looked at Johnny imploringly. Johnny sighed.”
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sullenly

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  • gloomy, somber
  • My mom said it was a sullenly day yesterday in the morning
  • “I leaned back next to him sullenly”
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eluded

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  • avoided, stayed away from, escaped
  • I was confused why my cousin was eluding me.
  • “I was trying to find the meaning the poet had in mind, but it eluded me.”
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vital

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  • essential, absolutely neccessary, required for life
  • It is vital that all kids have to go to school
  • “And it suddenly became real and vital.”
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indignant

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outraged, discusted by

  • Hansen was indignant by his own fart today.
  • “You’re starved?” Johnny was so indignant he nearly squeaked.”
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gorged

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  • swallol greedily
  • My sister gorged greedily today, it was kinda nasty.
  • “Johnny and I gorged on barbecue sandwiches and banana splits.”
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conviction

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  • strong beleif in, strong beleif in one’s opinion
  • My best friend had a conviction in her religion.
  • “I was scared,” Johnny said with conviction.”
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inhalation

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  • to breath into lungs
  • My mom told my cousin she needed inhalation because she couldn’t breath.
  • “You just keeled over from smoke inhalation and a little shock—of course, that slap on the back didn’t help much.”
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mimicking

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  • imitating, riticuling, copying in a rude or funny way
  • My cousin was mimicking me because I got her mad.
  • “Sodapop kept them in stitches. He’d grab one guy’s press hat and another’s camera and walk around interviewing the nurses and mimicking TV reporters.”
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recurring

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  • returning, repeatedly
  • My mom was barely recurring from the store.
  • “Soda began sleeping with me, and it stopped recurring so often, but it happened often enough for Darry to take me to a doctor.”
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aghast

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  • amazed, stupified
  • I was aghast of how big China was comparing to The United States of America.
  • “Work?” Two-Bit was aghast. ”
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exploits

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  • heroic acts, adventures
  • I have been on more exploits than my friend I think.
  • “Two-Bit was telling me about one of his many exploits while we did the dishes.”
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abruptly

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  • suddenly
  • I abruptly jumped of of my bed when I heard a big boom that sounded like a gun from outside.
  • “Turning abruptly, he said, “Let’s go see Dallas.”
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resemblance

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  • likeliness, similarity, like characteristics or genes/actions
  • My fiend and I have a lot of resemblance between each other.
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debating

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  • deciding on, choosing

- I hate when in shows the judges are debating on who to keep in the competition, and then it changes to a commercial.

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aimlessly

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  • without direction, without purpose

- My teacher said that it is aimlessly to do classwork when you are not even going to try and do your homework.