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Glass Castle 3-35
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| retrospective | looking back on or dealing with past events |
| gimmick | (noun) a trick or device intended to attract attention |
| surplus | (adj) more than what is needed or used |
| graft | a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically |
| vulgar | lacking sophistication or good taste |
| antiseptic | preventing infections |
| skedaddle | (verb) depart or run quickly away |
| toxic | (adj) poison |
| tumbleweed | (noun) a plant of dry regions that breaks off near the ground in late summer |
| symmetry | (noun) same of two forms |
| gibberish | (noun) meaningless or unintelligible talk |
| immunize | (verb) to make immune as by innoculation; vaccinate |
| embankment | (noun) an area of land around water |
| scraggly | (adj) irregular, uneven |
| figment | (noun) something imagined |