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Tuck Vocab 1
Tuck everlasting vocabulary 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tangent | a turn in a direction |
| forlorn | pitiful |
| rueful | regretful |
| grimace | to make a bad face |
| self-deprecation | to think little of one self |
| galling | causing irritation |
| implored | begged |
| peculiar | odd |
| parson | clergyman |
| shimmered | shone with unsteady light |
| vanity | too much concern for one's appearence |
| hoarding | storing away |
| scoured | cleaned by hard rubbing |
| indomitable | not easily defeated |
| mirage | something that seems real but is not |
| elation | high spirits |
| earnestly | serios |
| illiterates | unable to read or write |
| ordeal | a extreamly difficult experience |
| wheezed | breathed hard with a whistling sound |
| roust | bring out of sleep |
| in cahoots | in a partnership, often something dishonest |
| copanionable | friendly |
| accommodations | lodgings |
| petulance | unreasonable irribility |
| extraordinary | very unusual |