Vocab #1 - The Absolutley True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

And let me tell you, that old, old, old, ​ ​ (a)   geometry book hit my heart with the force of a nuclear bomb.

• decrepit
• ambidextrous
• chronic
• eccentric

Ever since I’ve been at Reardan, and seen how great parents do their great parenting, I

realize that my folks are pretty good. Sure, my dad has a drinking problem and my mom

can be a little ​ (a)   , but they make sacrifices for me. They worry about me. They talk

to me. And best of all, they listen to me.

• eccentric
• ambidextrous
• destiny
• seizure

“All right, Roger,” he said. “Line up again.” I stood up again. Coach threw me the ball. And Roger came for me. He screamed and laughed like a crazy man. He was having a great time. And he was trying to ​ (a)   me.

He did ​ (b)   me.

• intimidate
• liberal
• secede
• pummeled

Some of our teachers make us eat birdseed so we’ll feel closer to the earth, and other teachers hate birds because they are supposedly ​ (a)   of the Devil. It is like being taught by Jekyll and Hyde.

• minions
• savior
• decrepit
• dormant

First of all, I had ​ (a)   . At least two a week. So I was damaging my brain on a regular basis. But the thing is, I was having those ​ (b)   because I already had brain damage, so I was reopening wounds each time I seized.

• seizures
• minions
• lopsided
• cerebral

“I don’t have time,” he said. “Mr. Orcutt and I have to tie bug some PCs. Don’t you hate PCs? They are sickly and fragile and ​ (a)   to viruses. PCs are like French people living during the bubonic plague.”

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• compound
• scintilating
• spontaneous

And yeah, I know it’s weird, but the tribe actually houses all of the teachers in one-

bedroom cottages and musty, old trailer houses behind the school. You can’t teach at our

school if you don’t live in the compound. It was like some kind of prison-work farm for

our liberal, white, vegetarian do-gooders and conservative, white missionary ​ (a)   .

• saviors
• minions
• contempt
• translucent

“Yes, Arnold,” Mr. Dodge said.

He was surprised. That was the first time I’d raised my hand in his class.

“Uh, er, um,” I said.

Yeah, I was so ​ (a)   .

“Spit it out,” Dodge said.

• articulate
• decrepit
• dormant
• liberal