Downsiders Ch.1-5 Vocab Review

formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession).

• renounce

• grimace

• bickering

• prospective

an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement.

• grimace

• imperceptible

• renounce

argue about petty and trivial matters.

• prospective

• imperceptible

• bickering

• grimace

(of a person) expected or expecting to be something particular in the future.

• renounce

• grimace

• bickering

• prospective

impossible to perceive.

• imperceptible

• renounce

• grimace

• bickering

believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

• turbulence

• cynical

• frenzy

• saunter

violent or unsteady movement of air or water, or of some other fluid.

• frenzy

• saunter

• turbulence

• cynical

a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior.

• saunter

• cynical

• turbulence

• frenzy

walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort.

• saunter

• tribulations

• tutelage

• endeavor

a cause of great trouble or suffering.

• renounce

• tribulations

• prospective

• frenzy