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Tuck Everlasting Voc
Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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retorted | saying a answer to remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or a witty incisive manner. |
self-deprecation | Modesty about criticism of oneself. |
tangent | a straight line or a plane that touches a curved surface at a point, but if extended does not it at a point |
balmy | Pleasantly warm |
exasperated | irritate intensely;infuriate |
melancholy | A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious reason |
rueful | expressing sorrow or regret, especially when in a slightly humorous way. |
vague | unclear/not specific |
famine | shortage of food; hunger |
deconstruct | to break down into smaller pieces for a better;to analyze |
extract | to remove or pull/take away |
Genre | a category or type of literature that have similar style of subject |
prologue | an introduction to a literary work. |
dog days | hot, sweaty summer day |
borine | cow or ox |