Ghost Boys Vocabulary Practice

What is Motown?

• a music genre called jazz that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans in the 19th & early 20th centuries

• a neighborhood in Chicago where his dad grew up

• a record company and style of music that played an important role in the racial integration of popular music as an African American-owned label that achieved crossover success

• a low pulsating sound coming from the engine of his waste management truck.

What are premonitions?

• full of danger or risk

• a ray of light or bolt of lightning

• a strong feeling something unpleasant is about to happen

• fine and feathery

Perilous means...

• lively with many activities to keep both old and young entertained

• full of parks and ponds

• extremely hot or burning

• full of danger or risk

What does shaft mean?

• long and thin pieces of wood

• a ray of light or bolt of lightning

• fine and feathery

• extremely hot or burning

Fill in the blank: Neighbors trying to improve Jerome's neighborhood used ________ of wood hammered into sad bleachers.

• planks

• deacons

• meuerto

• alliances

What does rasp mean?

• a harsh, grating noise

• a long, loud, piercing cry

• a long, high-pitched cry or noise

• speak softly, using ones breath

What does sue mean?

• shed tears to express pain or grief

• avenge Jerome's death by retaliating (getting back at)

• take legal action against someone

• present a formal written request to appeal to authorities for change

What does searing mean?

• fine and feathery

• feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems

• a bond or connection between families, states, parties, or individuals

• extremely hot or burning

What does wispy mean?

• extremely hot or burning

• fine and feathery

• full of anger

• upset and tearful

What does clenching mean?

• to take legal action against someone

• hands closed tightly into a ball or teeth pressed tightly together to suppress a strong emotion

• harsh and grating

• pucker or contract, typically to express disapproval or irritation