Vocab test 9/25/24 Flashcards
The sense of his own community silent, waiting, had made his stomach ______
Churn
Now, thinking about the feeling of fear as he pedaled home along the river path, he remembered that moment of
_________, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked above.
Palpable
He glanced at his
mother, the one responsible for ________ to the rules, and
was relieved that she was smiling.
Adhernece
they would simply ________ and
argue about it themselves for years, until the citizens forgot
that it had ever gone to them for study.
Fret
He waited for his father to ________
Lily.
Chastise
as if one were looking into the clear water of the river, down to the bottom, where things might ______ which hadn’t been discovered yet.
Lurk
They almost ________ did their hours on Recreation Duty first, helping with the younger ones in a place
where they still felt comfortable.
Invariably
themselves, and that he had even developed some machines and methods to __________ rehabilitation.
Hasten
The bicycle, at Nine, would be the powerful _________ of moving gradually out into the community, away from the protective family unit
Emblem
Jonas stowed his bicycle beside Mother’s and made his way through the ________ to find his group.
Throng
I don’t have the right boyishness or something.” “_________,” Jonas corrected him.
Buoyancy
The community was so ______________ ordered, the choices so carefully made.
Meticulously
Asher’s cheerful _________ was well-known throughout the community.
Disposition
They applauded at the final Assignment; but the applause was ___________, no longer a crescendo of united enthusiasm.
piecemeal
Earlier that day, dressing in his own dwelling, he had practiced the kind of _________, self-assured walk that he hoped he could make to the stage when his turn came.
Jaunty
“Sometimes,” she went on, speaking now in a lighter tone, relaxing the tension in the Auditorium, “we are not entirely certain about the Assignments, even after the most ___________ observations.
Painstaking
From this moment you are _______from rules governing rudeness.
exempted
But the most __________ difference was the books.
conspicuous
He could see a bright, whirling ___________ of crystals in the air around him, and he could see them gather on the backs of his hands, like cold fur.
Torrent
'’And hills, too,’’ he added. ‘‘They made _________ of
goods unwieldy.
Conveyance
'’And hills, too,’’ he added. ‘‘They made conveyance of goods ________.
Unwieldy
He was very aware of his own _________ not to discuss his training.
admonition
We _____________ color when we ____________ sunshine and did away with differences.
relinquished
