Vocabulary

=Rebecca Vocabulary:=

Pretentious: adjective. attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed. -Caitlin Thompson

He will talk quickly and eagerly about nothing at all, snatching at any subject as a **panacea** to pain." (page 5) -Isa Hoyos
 * Panacea** - a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases (N)

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3. Frayed (adj.)- unraveled or worn at the edge Sen: "I could see the jagged holes, and the frayed edges" (page 112) -Audrey Brown

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__2__. Ennui Def.- Feeling of utter weirdness/discontent Sentence-"Oh, the Test matches that have saved us from ennui,the boxing bouts, even the billiard scores." name- Emma Keever Ch.__2__, p.6

__3__. Ostentatious Def.- Showy Sentence- "How different the little restaurant where we eat day-to-day to that vast dining room, ornate and ostentatious." name- Emma Keever Ch.__2__, p.10

9.Profusion: abundance, abundant, quantity “…massing them in just the right numbers and profusion putting color where color was needed, leaving the walls bare where severity paid.”(208)

11.Fortnight: the space of fourteen nights and days “Soon it’s every month, every fortnight, every few days.”(279)

13. Placid: pleasantly undisturbed, tranquil; pale "......I could see the sheet of silver, placid under the moon, like a lake undisturbed by wind or storm." Jen Gribble- p. 2

14. Diffidence: lack of self-confidience; shyness "At any rate I have lost my diffidence, my timidity, my shyness with strangers." Jen Gribble- p. 9

2. Furtive: attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble " A **furtive**, scrambled farewell, because of her, and there would be a pause and a smile..." ( Page 47) Meredith Kucik

3. Ballast: heavy material, such as gravel, sand, iron, or lead, placed low in a vessel to improve its stability. " The **ballast** had been shifted, too" (Page 314) Meredith Kucik

4. Infinitesimal: Infinitesimals have been used to express the idea of objects so small that there is no way to see them or to measure them. " Today we pass on, we see it no more, and we are different, changed in some **infinitesimal** way." ( Page 45) Meredith Kucik

1.) //Querulously//; adj; full of complaints, complaining. "'I want my tea,' said the old lady //querulously//." (p. 183) ~Addie Neal . . . 2.) //Lorgnette//; noun; a pair of eye glasses or opera glasses with a handle. "Mrs. Van Hopper putting up her //lorgnette// and calling to her daughter." (p. 316) ~Addie Neal . . . . 5.) //Tenement//; noun; a room or set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments. "I felt like a poor person in a //tenement// building..." (p. 130) ~Addie Neal

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