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"I knew that there was alwsy the possibility that the girl would say no, thereby leaving me with no viable option but to leave Harold C. Crittenden Junir High School...." In this sentence what does "no viable option" mean?
What is having NO OTHER CHOICE.
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What does the word VIGIL mean?
What is VIGIL means a period of watching. The author uses this word to describe the way a mother watches her young. She watches carefully tending to them and maing sure that they are well cared for.
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Why didn't the writer directly ask the girls out?
What is BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID OF BEING REJECTED
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What is a synonym for OBLIGATION
What is DUTY or RESPONSIBILITY or MUST DO
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What is an antonym for PETRIFIED?
What is UNAFRAID, BRAVE, COURAGEOUS
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"Just as the mother fish guards her unhatched eggs, keeping her lonely vigil day after day, never leaving her post, not even to go to the bathroom,....." In the sentence above, what does VIGIL mean?
What is KEEPING A PERIOD OF WATCH or WATCHING OVER.
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What does the word amputate mean from this story?
What is AMPUTATE MEANS to CUT OFF. Usually a limb from the body of some sort....ARM, LEG, HAND...etc
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What does the writer say is key to successful dating?
What is SELF CONFIDENCE
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What is a synonym for OPTION
What is CHOICE or HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE
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What is an antonym for HERMIT
What is SOCIALIZE, PARTY ANIMAL, VISIT OTHERS OFTEN, WELCOME VISITORS
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In BREAKING THE ICE, this writer recalls his toughest communication challenge-how to ask a girl out. In the introductory sentence above, what does BREAKING THE ICE mean?
What is MAKING SOMEONE FEEL COMFORTABLE or TELLING A JOKE, EASING THE TENSION, etc.
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What does PETRIFIED mean from this story?
What is stone-like and still
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What does the writer say is the first rule of dating?
What is NEVER RISK DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE GIRL IN QUESTION
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What does it mean to INTERPRET
What is TO interpret means to COMMUNICATE or TELL or SPEAK or SHOW or SAY DIFFERENTLY
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What is an antonym for AMPUTATE?
What is TO PUT BACK TOGETHER, FIND PIECES TO FIT, COMBINE
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After what seemed like several years, we got to the movie theatre, where my mother went off to sit in the Parents and Lepers Section. In this sentence, what does the author mean by LEPERS section?
What is he means PEOPLE WHO ARE SHUNNED, or AVOIDED, BY THE REST OF SOCIETY This is because the mother went to sit in a section where she would not be in the eyesight or way of the young teenagers who were also sitting in the theater.
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What is having AMBIENCE in an environment?
What is AMBIENCE is a feeling or mood of a place or thing
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How is the writer like a mother fish?
What is A MOTHER FISH GUARDS HER EGGS TO PROTECT THEM
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What does it mean to ANALYZE
What is To analyze is to LOOK AT CAREFULLY, STUDY, DEFINE or DESCRIBE
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What is an antonym for HUMILIATION
What is UNASHAMED, UNEMBARRASSED, ACCEPTED POSITIVELY INTO SOCIETY, APPLAUDED
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Why did the writer say it seemed like SEVERAL YEARS before he and his date got to the movie theater?
What is THE RIDE IN THE CAR WAS SO UNCOMFORTABLE and SILENT SINCE HIS MOTHER WAS DRIVING THEM.
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HUMILIATION means to be....
What is Having HUMILIATION means to be shamed or embarassed?
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To whom does the writer give a WISDOM NUGGET?
What is HE GIVES THE WISDOM NUGGET TO ANY FISH EGGS READING HIS COLUMN
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What is a synonym for HUMOROUS
What is FUNNY, HILARIOUS, WITTY
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What is an antonym for IMPOSSIBLE
What is POSSIBLE, ABLE TO HAPPEN, WITH CONFIDENCE WILL CERTAINLY OCCUR