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Tuck Everlasting Voc
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |