Refugee Vocab #2 (Words 11-20))

"The water first, ' Lito agreed, and together they began the tedious work of filling them and pouring the seawater back into the ocean" Tedious means...

• Pretending

• Yelling at in an angry way

• Boring, slow work

• A short break from hard work

"That was no kind of medical inspection. The entire business was charade. A giant waste of time." Charade means.....?

• A giant waste of time

• Pretending something is true, when it is not

• Something that is sure to happen

• To make someone feel better when they are sad

Josef followed the small group of kids through the doorway onto the bridge of the St. Louis. The bridge was a narrow, curving room that stretched from one side of the ship to the other. What does Bridge mean?

• Causing doubt

• Giant, large and powerful

• House or home

• The place on a ship where the ship is steered.

Shiendick and his men surged forward to avenge the insult, but Captain Schroeder quickly intervened. What does intervened mean?

• To make someone feel better

• To become involved in order to have an influence on what happens

• Causing doubt

• boring and slow

They had missed the huge ship's prow by mere meters, but the waves the behemoth created as it passed were just as dangerous. What does behemoth mean?

• Something very big and powerful

• A home or house

• Not logical or well organized

• Something sure to happen

The boy lifted the broken chain link fence that led to a parking lot. "here" he said. Mahmoud's father gave the rest of his family a dubious look and led them under the fence. What does dubious mean?

• Unclean, very dirty

• To wait in line

• Causing doubt or suspicion

• To pretend something is real

The passengers on the St. Louis had grown more and more restless, cornering sailors on deck and berating their stewards at dinner.

What does berate mean?

• A short time of rest

• A house or home

• To yell at someone in a loud angry way

• Something boring or too slow

He rose again, pushing air out his nose, but he was tired. So very, very tired. He wished for a respite from swimming, just a moment to sit without working his arms and legs.

What does respite mean?

• A house or home

• Something large and powerful

• To wait in line

• A short period of rest, a break

"She is safe now, " Mahmoud told her. "Hana is out of the water. She is going to live." But Mahmoud's mother would not be consoled.

What does console mean?

• To yell at in a loud angry way

• To pretend something is real

• To make someone feel less sadness

• The place on a ship where the ship is steered

Give him an abode better than his home, and a family better than his family, and a wife better than his wife. What does abode mean?

• To pull back

• To line up

• To cause doubt

• A house or home