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Glass Castle 3-35
vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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retrospective | looking back on or dealing with past events |
gimmick | (noun) a trick or device intended to attract attention |
surplus | (adj) more than what is needed or used |
graft | a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically |
vulgar | lacking sophistication or good taste |
antiseptic | preventing infections |
skedaddle | (verb) depart or run quickly away |
toxic | (adj) poison |
tumbleweed | (noun) a plant of dry regions that breaks off near the ground in late summer |
symmetry | (noun) same of two forms |
gibberish | (noun) meaningless or unintelligible talk |
immunize | (verb) to make immune as by innoculation; vaccinate |
embankment | (noun) an area of land around water |
scraggly | (adj) irregular, uneven |
figment | (noun) something imagined |