The Stranger Robust Vocabulary

Vocabulary

By Jennifer Patriarca

A hermit is a person who lives alone, often far from a community.

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​hermit

Multiple Choice

Where would you find a hermit - in a forest or on a busy city street?

• in a forest

• on a busy city street

fascinated

​When you are fascinated by something, you are very interested in it and pay close attention to it.

Poll

Would you want to read a book that you are fascinated with?

• Yes

• No

A timid person is shy and unsure of themselves.

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​timid

Multiple Choice

If you were feeling timid, you might want to ________.

• sing a song

• eat an apple

• sit quietly

• give a speech

occasionally

​If something happens occasionally, it happens once in a while.

Poll

What is something that you do occasionally?

• get a haircut

• watch a movie

peculiar

​Something peculiar is something that is very strange and unusual, not in a good way.

Poll

Would you eat a sandwich that smelled peculiar?

• Yes

• No

drab

​Something drab looks dull and lacks color.

Multiple Choice

Which thing looks drab - a rainbow or a mud puddle?

• rainbow

• mud puddle

trembling

​If something is trembling, it is shaking slightly.

Multiple Choice

If your hand was trembling, could you draw a perfectly straight line?

• Yes

• No

dashed

If someone dashed away, they quickly and suddenly ran away.

Multiple Choice

A classmate dashes into the room. He has come in ___________.

• sadly

• quietly

• suddenly

• slowly