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Vocab Quiz 9/19
Vocabulary from "Thank You Ma'am"
Term | Definition |
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Barren | Bare or empty. Her backpack was barren, as she had just cleaned it out. |
Frail | Weak or fragile. Since she had become sick, she had become frailer and frailer each day. |
Kitchenette | A small kitchen that contains some cooking utilities. My college dorm room only had a kitchenette with the necessities. |
Pocketbook | A small purse or wallet. I pulled out my pocketbook to pay for the meal. |
Roomers | A person that rents out a room. I just moved out of my family home and became a roomer. |
Half-Nelson | A wrestling move, where a person puts their arms under someone’s armpits and interlocks their fingers behind the other person’s head. My younger brother thought he was winning until my older brother put him in a half-nelson. |
Mistrust | To not trust or to be suspicious of another’s trust. My mother mistrusted me after she heard I didn’t turn in my homework. |
Presentable | Clean or acceptable in appearance. To go to mass, I was told I needed to look presentable. |