Vocabulary Lucy #1 pgs. 1-30

an event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact

• spectacle

• discontent

• regard

• millstone

• compel

As we drove along, someone would single out to me a famous building, an important street, a park, a bridge that when built was thought to be a __________.

• spectacle

• discontent

• regard

• millstone

• compel

dissatisfaction with one's circumstances

• spectacle

• discontent

• regard

• millstone

• compel

Oh, I had imagined that with my one swift act — leaving home and coming to this new place — I could leave behind me, as if it were an old garment never to be worn again, my sad thoughts, my sad feelings, and my ___________ with life in general as it presented itself to me.

• spectacle

• discontent

• regard

• millstone

• compel

think of (someone or something) in a specified way.

• spectacle

• discontent

• regard

• millstone

• compel

How nice everyone was to me, though, saying that I should__________them as my family and make myself at home.

• spectacle

• discontent

• regard

• millstone

• compel

circular stones used for grinding grain

• spectacle

• discontent

• regard

• millstone

• compel

After all, aren't family the people who become the _____________around your life's neck?

• spectacle

• discontent

• regard

• millstone

• compel

To force (a person) to do something

• spectacle

• discontent

• regard

• millstone

• compel

I felt ______________to know where this nightgown came from, and I started to examine it furiously, looking for the label.

• spectacle

• discontent

• regarded

• millstone

• compelled