"The Lottery" Vocabulary

noisy, energetic and cheerful; rough and rowdy

• boisterous
• preceded
• disengaged
• reprimands

to disconnect; to withdraw

• disengaged
• reprimands
• profusely
• petulantly

having no end; endless

• interminably
• disengaged
• petulantly
• soberly

full of joy and happiness

• jovial
• soberly
• petulantly
• interminably

done automatically or without thought / care

• perfunctory
• petulantly
• disengaged
• soberly

childishly angry, frustrated or impatient

• petulantly
• profusely
• jovial
• soberly

to go before; to come before in time or rank

• preceded
• profusely
• soberly
• jovial

a lot of one item; significant in amount; plentiful

• profusely
• boisterous
• jovial
• petulantly

criticisms for misbehavior; correcting a person

• reprimands
• boisterous
• petulantly
• perfunctory

seriously, gravely, or solemnly

• soberly
• jovial
• interminably
• perfunctory