Verbs
To look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
What is disdain?
Barren, destitute, devastated.
What is desolate?
A multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
What is throng?
“Denver served them both. Washing, cooking, forcing, ________ her mother to eat a little now and then, providing sweet things for Beloved as often as she could to calm her down.”
What is cajoling?
(of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.
What is perfunctory?
To deal out or distribute.
What is dispense?
Disaster, catastrophe, misfortune.
What is calamity?
A state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing.
What is reverie?
“‘What is it about [Beloved] that ____ you so?.... We had one good fight about Denver. Do we need one about her too?’ asked Sethe."
What is vex?
Unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant.
What is tentative?
To avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting.
What is circumvent?
Languid, spiritless, indifferent.
What is listless?
A bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
What is rancor?
“Just outside music it lay, with a ______ not like theirs.”
What is cadence?
Strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable.
What is impregnable?
To seize (private property) for military or other public use.
What is commandeer?
Malodorous, noxious, detestable.
What is noisome?
An outward aspect or appearance.
What is semblance?
“[Denver] did not know it then, but it was the word ‘baby,’ said softly and with such kindness, that _______ her life in the world as a woman.”
What is inaugurated?
Without exercising discernment or making appropriate distinction; in a haphazard or random way.
What is indiscriminately?
To discipline, especially by corporal punishment; to criticize severely.
What is chastise?
Assignation, tryst, meet-up.
What is rendezvous?
An excessively passionate person; fanatic.
What is a zealot?
"[Stamp Paid] thought he heard a _______ of hasty voices––loud, urgent, all speaking at once so he could not make out what they were talking about or to whom.”
What is conflagration?
Having a sinuous or wavelike shape or motion.
What is undulating?