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Contender Vocab List
Vocabulary Words for the novel, The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Advancement | A forward step; an improvement; Development; progress |
| Annoyed | To cause slight irritation to (another) by troublesome, often repeated acts. |
| Avoid | To keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person; to avoid taxes; to avoid danger. |
| Awkward | lacking skill or dexterity; clumsy. |
| Bustling | to move or act with a great show of energy. Example: He bustled about cooking breakfast. |
| Calves | the fleshy back part of the leg below the knee |
| Casual | happening by chance; fortuitous: a casual meeting without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand; passing: a casual remark. |
| Concentrate | to bring all efforts, faculties, activities, etc., to bear on one thing or activity (often fol. by on or upon): to concentrate on solving a problem. |
| Custom made | made to individual order: custom-made shoes. |
| Desperate | reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a desperate killer. having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention. |
| Dignified | characterized or marked by dignity of aspect or manner; stately; decorous: dignified conduct. |
| Disgusting | causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste. |
| Elegantly | graceful in form or movement: an elegant wave of the hand. |
| Exhausted | To wear out completely. See Synonyms at tire1. |
| Flailing | To wave or swing vigorously; thrash: flailed my arms to get their attention. |
| Gaunt | extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated |
| Hoarse | having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer. |
| Husky | (of the voice) having a semi-whispered vocal tone; somewhat hoarse, as when speaking with a cold or from grief |
| Idly | not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers. |
| Jostled | to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely. |
| Lapsed | an interval or passage of time; elapsed period: |
| Listlessness | having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake. |
| Loomed | To seem imminent; impend: Revolution loomed but the aristocrats paid no heed. |
| Loped | to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person. |
| Lurched | an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait. |
| Lounged | to rest or recline indolently; loll: We lounged in the sun all afternoon. |
| Marquee | a tall rooflike projection above a theater entrance, usually containing the name of a currently featured play or film and its stars. |
| Mocking | To express scorn or ridicule; jeer: They mocked at the idea. |
| Musty | having an odor or flavor suggestive of mold, as old buildings, long-closed rooms, or stale food. |
| Meek | humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others. |
| Mimicked | to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively. |
| Murky | dark, gloomy, and cheerless |
| Muted | to reduce the intensity of (a color) by the addition of another color |
| Occasional | occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then |
| Panting | to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion |
| Peered | To look intently, searchingly, or with difficulty |
| Perpetual | continuing or enduring forever; everlasting |
| Plunged | to rush or dash with headlong haste: to plunge through a crowd. |
| Positive | explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed |
| Preliminary | preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory |
| Pummeling | The act of beating, as with the fists |
| Pursuit | an effort to secure or attain; quest: |
| Quiver | to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble |
| Rasping | harsh; grating |
| Reeling | To stagger, lurch, or sway, as from drunkenness |
| Scowled | To wrinkle or contract the brow as an expression of anger or disapproval |
| Seedy | somewhat disreputable; degraded |
| Serenely | calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: |
| Smirk | to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way |
| Sprint | to race or move at full speed, esp. for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc. |
| Suave | smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane |
| Sullen | showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve |
| Swaggered | To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air; strut. |
| Synagogue | a Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction. |
| Tension | a strained relationship between individuals, groups, nations, etc |
| Vague | not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed |
| Valise | a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag |
| Vaulted | To jump or leap, especially with the use of the hands or a pole |
| Veered | To turn aside from a course, direction, or purpose; swerve |
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