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7th Grade Literature
Literature Midterm Exam
Question | Answer |
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Jalopy | a run-down automobile |
Surplus | extra |
Gasping | breathing with difficulty |
Populated | lived in |
Vineyard | an area where grapes grow |
Drone | buzzing sound |
Instinctively | automatically |
Murmured | spoke in a low, quiet voice |
Savoring | enjoying |
Hesitantly | uncertainly; cautiously |
Immigrated | moved to a different country |
Revolting | disgusting |
Lavishly | abundantly |
Mortified | embarrassed |
Spectacle | a foolish or shameful scene |
Smugly | in a conceited or self-satisfied way |
Resolved | decided |
Systematic | organized |
Etiquette | manners |
Consumption | the amount used or taken in |
Urgency | the need for quickness |
Coping | managing; dealing with difficulties |
Stammered | stuttered; hesitated |
Revived | recovered; felt better |
Institution | a group home or establishment devoted to special care |
Insight | a new understanding or idea |
Demanding | needy; attention seeking |
Sheepishly | bashfully; meekly |
Compassion | concern; sympathy |
Inconvenience | bother; annoyance |
Severed | cut (in Marley's case "chewed through") |
Massive | huge |
Crevice | a crack |
Intuitively | naturally; instinctively |
Depression | hollow; dip |
Equated | compared; regarded as equal |
Lethargic | slow-moving; sluggish |
Indulge | find time for and enjoy |
Excursion | an adventure or trip |
Intuition | instinct; knowing something without thinking about it |
Empathy | sensitivity to others' feelings |
Shaft | a narrow beam of light |
Optimism | the feeling that things will turn out well |
Adversity | difficulty |
Unwavering | never changing |
Illiterate | unable to read or write; uneducated |
Buoyant | cheerful; upbeat |
moody | gloomy; in a bad mood |
transfixed | fascinated; amazed |
dejectedly | sadly; unhappy |
immigrant | a person who goes to another country to live |
absorbs | takes in |