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Charles/The Lottery
Vocabulary for the Two Short Stories
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| renounce | to give up |
| elaborately | with great detail |
| simultaneously | at the same time |
| incredulously | disbelieving |
| privilege | a special right |
| profusely | abundantly |
| reprimands | scoldings or corrections |
| paraphernalia | equipment |
| perfunctory | superficial |
| interminably | never ending |
| soberly | seriously |
| disengaged | to release |
| gravely | solemnly |
| petulantly | performed with annoyance |
| defiantly | performed with resistance |