Freshmen Honors WOW 06

She was an impossible woman, of course, but rich and useful; he wanted to bamboozle her into buying some of his young friends' pictures.

Aldous Huxley

The underlined word means:

• Fool or cheat someone

• Convince persistently

• Beg for mercy

• Direct one's ambitions

“Did I invite you? Or was it more like I bamboozled you?”

Jason Reynolds - The Boy in the Black Suit

The underlined word is what part of speech?

• Verb

• Adverb

• Noun

• Adjective

Every year Shias commemorate the killing of the grandson of the Prophet, PBUH, Hussein Ibn Ali at the battle of Karbala in the year 680 with a memorial day called Muharram.

Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

The underlined word means

• recall and show respect for

• degrade; lower the moral character of

• the examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes

• make more noticeable or prominent.

It was Saturday, and her parents were treating her to a celebratory dinner commemorating her first week at the Circle.

Dave Eggers -- The Circle

What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Verb

• Adverb

• Noun

• Adjective

’It’s the end,’ Milo agreed despondently.

Joseph Heller -- Catch-22

The underlined word means:

• emotionally depressed

• showing elation

• not showing proper respect

• noisy, energetic, and cheerful

It was the last expression of the despondency of a broken spirit.

Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

"One heave," cried Jack, exulting, "and—wheee—!"

William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

The underlined word means:

• show or feel elation or jubilation, especially as the result of a success.

• in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

• inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large

• (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words

The look on his face was a mixture of exultation and self-loathing.

Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones

What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Verb

• Noun

• Adverb

• Adjective

The door opened and the two armed men returned, between them the tall Talib in white, still wearing his dark John Lennon glasses, looking like some broad-shouldered, New Age mystic guru.

Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

The underlined word means:

• a spiritual teacher

• a person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit

• person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources

• a person with a special knowledge of or interest in works of art or curios.

The guru was well versed in matters temporal as well as spiritual.

The Outcaste by F. E. Penny

What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective