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ELA Vocab List #1
For the book Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The act or instance of intentionally taking one's own life | suicide(noun) |
| 1the state of being utterly confused. 2confusing or perplexing angle | bewilderment(noun) |
| complete loss of hope or expectation | despair(noun) |
| 1feeling of a person toward someone or something she/he considers low, mean, or worthless. 2state of being scorned or despised | contempt(noun) |
| lack of justice; unfairness | injustice(noun) |
| shockingly evident; obvious | flagrant(adjective) |
| (informal)to become overwrought or irrational(little crazy) 2study of the motion and impact of projectiles and the conditions that affect their motion | ballistic(adjective) |
| in a state of extreme awareness | hyperaware(adjective) |
| suffering of body or mind;anxiety;greif | distress(noun) |
| full of; characterized by; or containing repitition | repetitious(adjective) |
| one who is rejected or forced out of a group | outcast(noun) |
| full of happiness | blissful(adjective) |
| corrupt;wicked;perverted | depraved(adjective) |
| any act or process of changing in form or qualities;change 2word often used to describe an outcast | mutant(noun) |
| shrinking back in fear | cowering(verb) |
| who is the author | Todd Strasser |