The Bean Tree Vocab #2

Question 1

Prosthetic

Answer 1

Plastic Surgery

Question 2

Emanating

Answer 2

give out or emit (something abstract but perceptible).

Question 3

Ascendant

Answer 3

rising in power or influence.

Question 4

Rummage

Answer 4

search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle.

Question 5

Stout

Answer 5

bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat:

Question 6

Coerce

Answer 6

persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats.

Question 7

Condone

Answer 7

to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like):

Question 8

Ramshackle

Answer 8

(especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair.

Question 9

Taunt

Answer 9

a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone.

Question 10

Gloating

Answer 10

dwelling on one’s own success with pleasure.

Question 11

Measly

Answer 11

contemptibly small or few.

Question 12

Notarize

Answer 12

have (a document) legalized by a notary.

Question 13

Horticulture

Answer 13

the art or practice of garden cultivation and management.

Question 14

Berating

Answer 14

scold or criticize (someone) angrily.

Question 15

Parched

Answer 15

dried out with heat.

Question 16

Riffraff

Answer 16

disreputable or undesirable people.

Question 17

Corrugated

Answer 17

Ridged, grooved

Question 18

Legume

Answer 18

Vegetable

Question 19

Gist

Answer 19

Meaning, Essence

Question 20

Pungent

Answer 20

Highly Flavored