Vocab M3 L16-29

Question 1

idle

Answer 1

not working; not active

Question 2

expedition

Answer 2

a journey

Question 3

transfixed

Answer 3

held motionless (as in wonder or astonishment)

Question 4

flashback

Answer 4

the introduction of a past event that interrupts the forward, or chronological, action of a story

Question 5

metaphor

Answer 5

a figure of speech that compares two things by saying that one thing is another

Question 6

succor

Answer 6

help during a time of need

Question 7

casualty

Answer 7

a person who is killed or wounded

Question 8

dazed

Answer 8

in a state of shock; stunned

Question 9

landmark

Answer 9

a feature of the landscape that is easy to see and recognize

Question 10

dialect

Answer 10

a form of language that is spoken in a specific region or by a specific group of people

Question 11

starch

Answer 11

a substance used to make clothing stiff

Question 12

-ped-

Answer 12

food, feet

Question 13

quagmire

Answer 13

wet, soft, muddy ground; an unpleasant or difficult situation

Question 14

aliens

Answer 14

those who live in a country who are not citizens of that country

Question 15

corset

Answer 15

tight-fitting undergarment worn to shape the middle part of the body