click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Vocab 14 2010
Words from The Devil's Arithmetic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| drone | talk in a boring voice |
| steerage | the cheapest passenger accommodations on board a ship, usually in the area near the rudder and steering gear |
| bris | the religious circumcision ceremony for a Jewish boy |
| cordwood | wood for stacking |
| particular | relating to one person or thing out of several |
| deepset | having deep sockets |
| compensation | an amount of money or something else given to pay for loss, damage, or work done |
| saga | a long story or novel, or a series of stories or novels, often following the lives of a family or community over several generations |
| incident | something that happens, especially a single event |
| guttural | gruff-sounding |