(CK) Tuck Everlasting Vocabulary Ch. 20-24
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| accusations | charges of wrongdoing; blame | She had half expected that the instant she put a foot on the stairs they would leap from their beds and surround her with _____.
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| acrid | bitter; pungent | There was a pause, then a match striking, the _____ smell of fresh cigar smoke.
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| entranced | spellbound; hypnotized | It was as if he were _____ and-yes, envious, like a starving man looking through the window at a banquet.
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| insistent | determined; unrelenting | But there were new threads now, tugging and _____, which tied her just as firmly to the Tucks.
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| mingled | mixed together; intertwined | With _____disappointment and relief, Winnie tapped the water onto the cracked earth at the gate.
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| obliging | good-natured; helpful | The next _____ roll of thunder saw the window frame wedged once more into place.
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| parched | dried out; dehydrated; withered | It looked dried out today, _____. "It's thirsty," Winnie said to herself.
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| plaintive | sad; sorrowful | Winnie's mother and grandmother sat _____ all afternoon in the parlor.
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| ponderous | heavy; massive; weighty | The sun was a _____ circle without edges, a roar without a sound, a blazing glare that even with curtains drawn, it seemed an actual presence.
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| shimmering | glowing; gleaming | Winnie saw again the wide world spread before her, _____ with light and possibility.
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