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.