Chapters 1 & 2
Something that looks wealthy, luxurious, and big!
What does it mean to alienate someone?
It means to turn them away and feel indifferent about them
Describe a chivalrous act
answers will vary, an action marked by honor, courtesy, and courage
Give an example of something you abhor
Answers will vary, something you hate deeply
What does it mean to be emaciated
unnaturally thin
What does it mean to have fortitude
What's a craven character you have read or seen?
Answers will vary, a coward
Give an example of a pungent smell
something that causes a sharp sensation, stinging
Describe a squalid bedroom
dirty, filthy, dingy
something that is deeply affecting
If someone in your life is stolid, what does that mean?
They are not easily moved mentally or emotionally, emotionless
Define expunge and its part of speech
To erase, destroy, a verb
Define dearth and its part of speech
a lack of scarcity and inadequate supply, noun
What can students be apprehensive about in school?
answers will vary, tests, exams, getting into college
What does it mean to be blithe?
It means to be cheerful, lighthearted, casual, unconcerned
Define duplicity and its part of speech
treachery, deceitfulness, noun
Define ascertain and its part of speech
to find out, verb
If an political official is venal, what does that mean?
They are open to or marked by bribery or corruption
define stultify and its part of speech
to make ineffective or useless, verb
Name someone who is garrulous you know and why
someone who talks a lot, chatty
Give an examples of something where you need to be adroit
answers may vary, but something that is expert in the use of hands of mind
If someone has a supercilious attitude, what does that mean?
They are proud and contemptuous, snobbish
Define extirpate and its part of speech
to tear up by the roots, destroy totally, verb
Name a parsimonious character we have read about this year
Give an example of something you could acquiesce to
Something you would accept without protest, to agree or submit