AFD Target Vocabulary, pgs. 115-153

"She felt despondent suddenly, despite the knowledge of the secret key.

• easily handled or managed;

• willing to be taught

• without, or almost without, hope

• a feeling of lack of interest or energy

"Was he crying because he didn't want to eat the candy, or because Kate had let him down, capitulated, sided with the bad guys?" (p. 150).

• collected or gathered together

• handle something skillfully; manipulate

• without or almost without hope

• to surrender; to give in to

"Distant shouts sometimes reached them, and Kate would press eager eyes to the window slits but would see no movement out there, no activity, the woods shrouded and still" (p. 149).

• calm and untroubled

• to cover or surround, as with a burial garment

• yield or agree to another's wish or opinion

• that which cannot be forgotten, removed, or erased

"... she seemed preoccupied with whatever view lay beyond the window."

• secret or hidden

• not clearly understood or expressed

• to surrender; to give in to

• deeply absorbed

"Perhaps the drug accumulated in their bodies, didn't wear off but remained there.

• collected or gathered together

• easiy handled or managed

• yield or agree to another's wish or opinion

• collected or gathered together

"She was like a flower and flowers should be allowed to follow their inclinations. Until the season ended and they died" (p. 148).

• the state of being easily affected

• to yield or agree to another's wish or opinion

• a person's natural tendency

• calm and untroubled

"She felt her head nodding, her eyelids drooping, and was too exhausted to resist the sweet lassitude invading her body so tenderly, so beautifully (p. 151).

• collected or gathered together

• a feeling of lack of interest or energy

• calm and untroubled

• completely covered

"The snow obscured the footpaths, but I persisted" (p. 139).

• collected or gathered together

• surrendered

• made vague and hard to see

• handled with the skill

"We also knew the line we had to follow: Don't give in. Bargain for the sake of stalling, buying time. But refuse to accede to the demands" (p. 135)

• be easily handled or managed

• not clearly understood or expressed

• to yield or agree to another's wish or opinion

• collected or gathered together

"You mean your work is to kidnap children, hurt people, terrorize them?" The h___ with trying to appear docile; let the chips fall" (119).

• easily handled or managed

• without hope

• lack of interest or energy

• covered completely