"All Summer in a Day" Vocabulary

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resilient "The children lay out, laughing, on the jungle mattress, and heard it sigh and squeak under them, resilient and alive."

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able to bounce back quickly

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Loosen

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Slacken(ing)

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I savored every bite of ice cream knowing that I wouldn't be able to buy any until my next allowance.
In the sentence above, the underlined word most closely means...

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to enjoy or appreciate greatly

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A synonym for this word is "necessary."

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Vital

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frail "She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes…"

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weak or delicate

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The weeds in my garden grew tumultuously; they had taken over the entire section of the yard.

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disorderly, noisily, violently

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surged The crowd surged towards the front when Beyonce finally came on the stage.

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a sudden and powerful forward movement by a crowd

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What is a Veldt?

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a grassland

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elevated open grassland in southern Africa

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veldt

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having all one's attention or interest absorbed by someone or something

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engrossed