Sophia's War Vocab Chapters 21-28

futile

• waste matter discharged from the body

• pointless

• having the odor of decaying flesh

• purposefully waste time; to be slow or idle

putrid

• waste matter discharged from the body

• pointless

• having the odor of decaying flesh

• purposefully waste time; to be slow or idle

excrement

• waste matter discharged from the body (what is usually found in a diaper)

• pointless

• having the odor of decaying flesh

• purposefully waste time; to be slow or idle

Which is the correct way to break "excrement" into syllables?

• ex crem ent

• excre ment

• ex cre ment

• ex cr em ent

Which is the correct way to break "futile" into syllables?

• fu tile

• fut ile

• f u t ile

• futile

Which is the correct way to break "putrid" into syllables?

• put rid

• pu trid

• p ut rid

• putr id

Fill in the blank:

I was extremely thirsty, but there was only a bottle of _______ water in the cell.

• excrement

• futile

• water

• putrid

Fill in the blank:

Finally, I throw myself on to the nearest park bench, not bothering about the bird __________ or chewing gum.

• excrement

• futile

• bird

• putrid

Fill in the blank:

Her gentle attempts to get Lisa to sit were ______.

• excrement

• futile

• attempts

• putrid

futile

• pointless

• waste matter discharged from the body - the kind found in a diaper

• having the odor of decaying flesh

• smells really bad