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Bad Boy Vocab I
Bad Boy Vocab II
Bad Boy Vocab III
Grab Bag 1
Grab Bag 2
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To humiliate or shame.
What is Mortify?
100
Worthy of praise.
What is Commendable? BONUS Question: Fill in the blank: "We had made light of all the advantages we had been given and had treated the school with ___________, or so it seemed."
100
To gather or collect.
What is Accumulate?
100
Walter's father became depressed because of this event.
What is His brother was killed? VOCAB Bonus: I always have to be tapping out a beat, but I know some people find the _____________ noise to be really annoying.
100
This injury almost prevented Walter from carrying the flag and being in the Honor Guard during his sixth grade graduation.
What is He jumped off the roof of the Church when he was being chased by Crazy Johnny and fractured his heels.
200
A person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy.
What is Adversary? BONUS: Fill in the blank: "When my Dad got back from the morgue, he looked like a stranger to me, wild-eyed and _____________."
200
Not lessening in intensity, strength, or pace.
What is Relentless? VOCAB Bonus: In the 1940s and 1950s, Walter says society viewed darker-skinned blacks as ____________ to lighter-skinned blacks. But white was what was valued most of all.
200
To produce something as if by magic.
What is Conjure?
200
Walter's special progress class would do these two grades in the same year.
What are The seventh and eighth grades. VOCAB Bonus: Walter was very ___________ when it came to his writing, but his speech continued to be very hard to understand.
200
This was the name of the only black teacher that Walter had.
What is Mr. Manley? VOCAB Bonus: I hope you all have decided to ____________ the good effort of the last book projects and turn in really something really fantastic on Tuesday!
300
To become quiet or less.
What is Subside?
300
A feeling that something is unworthy, despised, or disliked.
What is Disdain? BONUS Question: Fill in the blank: "I knew that blacks did not have the same chances as whites, and I did not want to do something that was _____________ only as a Negro accomplishment."
300
To force to leave or refuse to include.
What is Ostracize? BONUS Question: Fill in the blank: Walter's father was only a ____________ of his former self after Uncle Lee died.
300
Walter accused his mother of this, when in fact he had just ridden on the back of a cab.
What is He accused her of beating him with a stick.
300
We learn this about Walter's father at the end of "Sonnets from the Portuguese."
What is Walter's father cannot read.
400
Able to express oneself clearly and well.
What is Articulate?
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To try to equal or excel; imitate and try to equal.
What is Emulate?
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Something that remains or is left over.
What is Remnant?
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Walter gives a number of reasons for why he was becoming distanced from his peers. What are three of them?
What is (1) being "good", (2) being more athletic, (3) liking literature and reading, (3) having few common interests with boys his age, (4) older boys were interested in dating, (5) older boys didn't want to hang out with a young kid like Walter.
400
This took place in the United States between 1860-1865.
What is the Civil War. VOCAB Bonus: You can tell someone that everything will be okay, but usually it just takes time for the grief and pain to ____________.
500
Placed in or occupying a lower class or rank.
What is Subordinate? BONUS Questions: Fill in the blank: "The girls, after the tobacco incident, were somewhat envious of our _____________."
500
The state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known.
What is Notoriety? BONUS Question: Fill in the blank: "Tests were always easy for me. I saw them as games, saw myself as being in a contest against a mythical _____________, and welcomed the challenge."
500
Without logical or meaningful connection. Doesn't seem to make sense.
What is Incoherent? BONUS Question: Fill in the blank: Sometimes Walter's teacher would __________ him and make him go into the closet or be separated from the other students.
500
Walter and his friends chose this high school to attend.
What is Stuyvesant High School. VOCAB Bonus: Mr. Bloom and Miss Cooke ______________ so many pencils from students leaving them on the floors and desks after class.
500
These two incidents led the SP class to be called troublemakers at the beginning of the ninth grade.
What are The boys buying chewing tobacco then puking it up, and the spitball fight in the typing class. VOCAB Bonus: I was able to ___________ up the energy for the final sprint in my race. I didn't know where it came from!