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Taranko Milkweed
Vocabulary for novel Milkweed
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Burly | strongly and heavily built |
| Scrounged | to get as needed by or as if by foraging, scavenging, or borrowing |
| Collapsed | to break apart and fall down suddenly |
| Suspenders | straps that are used for holding up pants and that go over a person's shoulders |
| Disobey | to not do what someone or something with authority tells you to do : to refuse or fail to obey rules, laws, etc. |
| Mingled | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity |
| Ghetto | a part of a city in which members of a particular group or race live usually in poor conditions |
| Caviar | processed salted eggs of large fish |
| Brine | water saturated with salt |
| Surviving | to remain alive of in existence |
| Foil | to prevent from attaining an end, thwart |
| Flurries | a brief period of commotion or excitement |
| Curfew | an order or law that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night |
| Coffin | a box in which a dead person is buried |
| Artillery | weapons (as bows, slings, and catapults) for discharging missiles |
| Bombardment | to attack (a place) with bombs, large guns, etc. constantly or repeatedly |
| Reality | the quality or state of being real, the totality of real things and events |
| Boulevard | a wide and usually important street that often has trees, grass, or flowers planted down its center or along its sides |
| Colossal | of an exceptional or astonishing degree |
| Shalom | used as a Jewish greeting and farewell |
| Prescription | a medicine or drug that a doctor officially tells someone to use |
| Pharmacist | a person whose job is to prepare and sell the drugs and medicines that a doctor prescribes for patients |
| Finch | a small bird with a short, thick beak |
| Invisibility | inaccessible to view |
| Writhing | to twist (the body or a bodily part) in pain |
| Typhus | a serious disease that is carried by small insects that live on the bodies of people and animals and that causes high fever, headache, and a dark red rash |
| Rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| Morsel | a small piece of food |
| Carcass | a dead body |
| Filthy | very dirty |
| Erupting | to begin doing something (such as shouting or applauding) suddenly |
| Complicated | difficult to analyze, understand, or explain |
| Identity | the qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or group different from others |
| Lounged | to sit or lie in a relaxed way: to spend time resting or relaxing |
| Impressive | deserving attention, admiration, or respect: making a good impression |
| Careened | to go forward quickly without control |
| Corpse | a dead body |
Created by:
Derek Taranko
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