"Papa's Parrot" Vocabulary

merely

• numbers of things of the same sort that are grouped together; bunches

• began again; continued

• no more than; simply

• roost for a bird; seat

perch

• paid no attention to

• deliveries or acts of sending goods

• no more than; simply

• roost for a bird; seat

clusters

• deliveries or acts of sending goods

• numbers of things of the same sort that are grouped together; bunches

• began again; continued

• roost for a bird; seat

ignored

• deliveries or acts of sending goods

• began again; continued

• paid no attention to

• no more than; simply

shipments

• deliveries or acts of sending goods

• no more than; simply

• numbers of things of the same sort that are grouped together; bunches

• paid no attention to

resumed

• roost for a bird; seat

• numbers of things of the same sort that are grouped together; bunches

• deliveries or acts of sending goods

• began again; continued

Unsure how to respond, she _______ stood there, hands at her side.

• resumed

• merely

• ignored

• perch

In 1889 the first __________ of Argentine cattle, consisting altogether of 1930 steers, was sent to England.

• shipment

• resume

• perch

• cluster

I _______ his question and began to list all Sally had seen during his uninvited visit.

• merely

• perch

• cluster

• ignored

She led him to the back room where her things were piled and then _______ her last hour of work at the diner.

• clusters

• resumed

• perch

• ignored