Spliced Chapters 61 - end of novel vocabulary

“‘The fence protects us,’ he said indignantly.” In the previous sentence, indignantly means

• in a manner indicating happiness and acceptance of something fair

• in a manner indicating anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair

• in a manner indicating difficulty understanding

• in a manner indicating strength and honor

“I felt a wave of sadness after I put down the phone, and regret, too, like I’d had this tenuous link to normalcy, a chance to return to it, and I had let it go.” What does tenuous mean?

• very strong and thick

• very confident and certain

• very weak or slight

• gritty and sandy

“It might not have been fair, but in the midst of my revelation of my feelings about Rex and the likelihood of him disappearing from my life, it seemed outrageously presumptuous to assume I was only upset about Del.” What does revelation mean?

• a surprising and previously unknown fact

• a circular saw

• a religious ephiphany

• a book of answers

“It might not have been fair, but in the midst of my revelation of my feelings about Rex and the likelihood of him disappearing from my life, it seemed outrageously presumptuous to assume I was only upset about Del.” What does presumptuous mean?

• behaving in an appropriate and considerate way

• behaving in a way to purposely scare someone

• behaving in a way that fails to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate

• behaving in a silly and joking way

“The brown tinge of death emanating from the town was starkly visible from up where we stood.” What does emanating mean?

• burning

• shining

• originating from

• jumping

“I tried to keep it light, nonchalant, like I didn’t care one way or another.” What does nonchalant mean?

• emitting light

• calm and relaxed

• agitated and in a hurry

• funny

“It was just after five o’clock when I got off the train with the throng of commuters at Carston Station.” What does throng mean?

• a sandal

• choir

• single file line

• densely packed crowd

“A tiny, spiteful part of me might have found some satisfaction that this thing he was abandoning for me was so different from what he’d thought it was.” What does spiteful mean?

• kind and caring

• caused with bad intentions

• silly or careless

• consentious

“The posters said Game Day wasn’t supposed to start until tomorrow, so conceivably, I could start hiking.” What does conceivably mean?

• able to reproduce

• probable that it could happen

• unlikely that it could happen

• made up from imagination

“At the far end of the parking lot, another car entered and drove toward the kiosk.” What does kiosk mean?

• a small structure in a public area

• a mechanic

• a motorcycle

• an exit