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at my birthday party. that she was independently wealthy.
disconsolate (dis· kän(t) sY lYt) mutable ( myu·tY·bYl)
(adj.) (adj.)
hopeless, sad, melancholy, dejected changeable, unstable, variable
The grieving child was when her mother Unfortunately, my schedule this week is not
passed away. , as I have clients coming in from
out of town that I must meet.
genteel (jen· t(Y)l)
(adj.) obtuse (a s)
b· tu
refined, polite, elegant, gentlemanly, or ladylike (adj.)
Though Deborah was raised in a carefree way her dull, not sharp or acute; when used to describe a
parents let her do whatever she wanted her person, it means slow to understand or notice,
manners are quite . or insensitive
Even though Robert is a brilliant man, he can be
guffaw ( Y· fo)
Ù
about the simplest of concepts.
(noun)
a loud, rough burst of laughter omniscient (a
m· ni·shYnt)
Martin tends to rather than laugh quietly. (adj.)
all-knowing; having universal knowledge of all things
The Judeo-Christian God is believed to be
.
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pallor ( pa·lYr) sycophant ( si·kY·fYnt)
(noun) (noun)
lack of color; unnatural paleness, often used to a person who tries to get ahead by flattering people of
describe a face wealth or power
She was struck by the eerie of the strange Only a shameless could tell the boss that
man who always peered out from the windows his horribly ugly orange tie is nice.
of his dark house.
wallow ( wa·lM)
partisan ( pa (verb)
r·tY·zYn)
(adj.) to roll about pleasantly in water or mud; can also be
strongly in favor of one side or political party; blindly used to mean to overindulge in something
or unreasonably devoted to a party pleasurable
The senator knew he would not be able to persuade We watched the pigs in the mud and lis-
his peers. tened to their squeals of delight.
purloin (pYr· loi n)
Ù
Words in Context
(verb)
The following exercise will help you figure out the
to steal
meaning of some words from Vocabulary List 14 by
Did you that new coat you re wearing?
reading context clues. After you have read and under-
You can t afford one like that!
stood the paragraph, explain the context clues that
helped you with the meaning of the vocabulary word.
resonant ( re·zYn·Ynt)
Refer to the answer section at the end of this chapter for
(adj.)
an explanation of the clues.
used to describe sounds, it usually means vibrant,
full, ringing, intensified, resounding, rich
After we rang the doorbell, someone let us
Everyone loved to hear his bass voice fill
in, and we immediately turned on our
the concert hall.
most genteel manners. We mingled a little
rubric ( ru·brik)
with the adults and some of the other kids
(noun)
there, and no one seemed to realize that we
a formal way to say name or title, or a category of
were crashing the party. Our plan was
something; an established rule or tradition
working smoothly when Pete suddenly
We found what we were looking for under the gen-
erupted with a loud guffaw after Joe
eral of respiratory diseases.
whispered a wisecrack in his ear. Pete s
insouciance is one of the things we love
smidgen ( smi·jYn)
about him, but sometimes such a happy-
(noun)
go-lucky attitude can be a problem. He can
a very small particle; an insignificant piece or
be absolutely obtuse about when and where
amount
he ought to restrain himself. When those
I am not sure what it does, but my aunt always adds a
around us quieted and cast disapproving
of dill to the dish.
stares in our direction, we wandered off in
search of a bevy of young ladies to enter-
tain. We found a few in the large dining
room. Pete approached one with an oddly
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attractive pallor to her face, which was 3. His manners were a
accentuated by her beautiful dark eyes and pleasant, new side to him we had not seen before.
gorgeous black hair. He made them all
laugh within a few moments, and then Pete 4. The cord was unplugged and I knew the blades
introduced us to the pale girl s two friends. were , so I thought it
We asked the three of them to dance. Two was safe to try and repair the fan.
said yes, but the third remained inert, so I
stayed to talk to her. She was disconsolate. I 5. The manager told all the new housekeepers that
soon learned she had recently broken up he did not want to see even a
with the boy she had been dating and had of dirt or dust any-
come to the party only at her friends insis- where in the hotel.
tence. She had been making a few attempts
to enjoy herself, but she was ambivalent 6. If a story is written from an
about meeting anyone or trying to have a point of view, the
good time. Knowing that a good remedy reader can learn what all of the characters are
for an aching heart can be two moving feet, thinking.
I pulled her out onto the dance floor. By
the end of the party, she was laughing and 7. Joe felt about hearing
singing, and on the way out all three girls his best friend had been accepted at the univer-
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