(CK) Tuck Voc 20-Epi Word Scramble
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| Word | Definition | Sentence |
| entranced | spellbound; hypnotized | It was as if he were _____ and-yes, envious, like a starving man looking through the window at a banquet. |
| insistent | determined; unrelenting | But there were new threads now, tugging and _____, which tied her just as firmly to the Tucks. |
| obliging | good-natured; helpful | The next _____ roll of thunder saw the window frame wedged once more into place. |
| parched | dried out; dehydrated; withered | It looked dried out today, _____. "It's thirsty," Winnie said to herself. |
| unwittingly | unknowingly; unintentionally | Winnie dared not sleep in the jail cell, for fear she would kick off the blanket and give herself away _____. |
| profoundly | strongly; deeply | Mae had not been found, and Winnie was _____ grateful for that. |
| accomplice | partner; associate | It was a crime. What Winnie had done was a crime, and she was an _____. |
| staunchly | supportively; loyally | Winnie's family understood, and afterward they drew together _____ around Winnie and supported her. |
| revulsion | distaste; strong dislike | A feeling of _____ swept through Winnie after picking up the toad, and she wiped her hand again and again on her skirt. |
| constricted | cramped; tight; compressed | Winnie had wanted to cough, and she passed a long hour trying to swallow away the tickle that _____ her throat. |
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