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Racing in the rain
chapters 1-29
Question | Answer |
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melodramatic | to exaggerate |
polysyllabic | more than one syllable |
emoting or emote | to show emotion in a theatrical manner |
engulfs | covering something completely |
ascend | to go up or climb |
pendulous | to hang loosely |
expounded | to present a theory or idea |
sired | male parent |
kinesthetic | strain in muscles |
disingenuous | not sincere |
dexterous | demonstrating neat skill |
euphemism | indirect word or expression |
cumbersome | large or heavy |
fortitude | courage in pain |
bellow | deep loud roar in pain or anger |
surrogate | a substitute |
confluence | the junction of two rivers |
facile | appearing neat |
manifest | readily perceived by the eye |
moot | open to discussion or debate |
induces | to read persuasion or influence |
blathering | foolish |
aesthetic | concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty |
gooded | a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end |
elated | very happy |
atrocious | extremely or shockingly |
enduro | endurance |
gait | a manner of walking |
threshold | a strip of wood |
vicariously | indirectly |
decimated | kill |
emanating / emanate | issue or spread out from a source |
sluices | wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water |
frigid | very cold |
berm | a flat strip of land or canal/river |
loathe | feel intense dislike or disgust for |
perfunctory | an action or gesture |
assimilate | take in information |
regimented | very strictly organized or controlled |
respite | a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant |
ambivalent | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone |