GC 1-101 quiz Flashcards
Adapt something wild to the environment
cultivate
The necessary means (especially financial means)
wherewithal
Deeply or seriously thoughtful
contemplative
Greatest in importance, degree, or significance
preeminent
Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
cantankerous
Assign to a lower position
relegate
Relating to or being a large and stately residence
palatial
Capable of stirring enthusiasm or excitement
rousing
A group of a people who have no permanent home
nomad
Providing no shelter or sustenance
desolate
Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
foolhardy
A word that is formed with a suffix to indicate smallness
diminutive
Deliberately vague or ambiguous
evasive
Influence or urge by gentle caressing or flattering
wheedle
Tending to move away from the middle
centrifugal
Shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
corrugated
Persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery
cajole
Concise and full of meaning
pithy
Move about or proceed hurriedly
scuttle
A wanderer with no established residence or means of support
vagrant
Father of the Walls family, holds the dream of Glass Castle, gives Venus to Jeanette, bumps back and forth on jobs
Rex Walls
Mother of the Walls family, an aspiring artist, former teacher Mary S. Black elementary school
Rose Mary Walls
Eldest Walls sibling, helps her mom with teaching, wants to an artist
Lori Walls
2nd oldest sibling, gets thrown out of the Green Caboose, sexually assaulted by Billy Deel
Jeanette Walls
3rd oldest sibling, comic book gets given to prostitute at Green Lantern, hides in bush to fight against 3 older girls
Brian Walls
Youngest sibling, asks “Where Dad” is
Maureen Walls
Deceased child, died at 9 months old in crib where Rex found her, Jeanette is the replacement child for her
Mary Charlene Walls
has a lopsided head, a drunk dad, wants Jeanette to be his girlfriend, sexually harasses her
Billy Deel
Rex Walls’s mom, wanted Maureen to be named after her
Erma Walls
Always argues with Rex and Rose Mary, offers to help the Walls family, died so Walls family takes her house
Grandma Smith
Theme: Parents’s values can affect how they discipline their children
- Rose Mary thinks no rules is good for children so they can learn from mistakes
- Rex Walls almost lets Jeanette drown in able for her to learn how to swim
