The Pedestrian vocab

(adj.) intermittent

• alternately stopping and starting

• not stopping

• difficulty getting started

• a feeling of confusion

Answer explanation

"...the dogs in intermittent squads would parallel his journey with barkings..." - from The Pedestrian

(adj.) rivited (from the noun rivet)

• a piece of metal

• a plate or sheet of a material

• a way to hold pieces of metal together (with rivets or metal pins)

• a way of running or jogging

Answer explanation

"It smelled of riveted steel." - from The Pedestrian

(noun) pedestrian

• a person that wants to become a pediatrician

• a person that argues often

• a person who travels on foot; walker

• a determined person

Answer explanation

(noun) tomb

• an opening

• a grave or burial chamber

• a box or container

• a type of equipment

Answer explanation

"The tombs, ill-lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead..."- from The Pedestrian

(verb) manifest

• to reveal or appear

• to hide or conceal

• to look at carefully

• to confuse or complicate

Answer explanation

"Sudden gray phantoms seemed to manifest upon inner room walls ... " - from The Pedestrian

(noun) phonograph

• a sound producing machine using records

• an old fashioned phone

• a recording device

• a graph used to measure how many phones there are in the world

Answer explanation

" 'No profession,' said the phonograph voice, hissing." - from The Pedestrian

*this word is used as an adjective to describe what the voice sounded like*

(adj.) buckling

• in perfect condition; pristine

• in a confused state or condition

• in a bent, warped, or broken condition

• something brand new

Answer explanation

"...to put your feet upon that buckling concrete walk..." - from The Pedestrian

(adj.) ceaseless

• to cease or stop

• to crease or fold

• to work tirelessly, intensely

• without stop or pause; unending; incessant

Answer explanation

"...a ceaseless jockeying for position..." - from The Pedestrian

(noun) cavalry

• a group of people gathered in large numbers

• a military force of troops on horseback

• a group that has a common cause

• a gathering of horses

Answer explanation

"Where are the cowboys rushing, and do I see the United States Cavalry over the next hill to the rescue?" - from The Pedestrian

(noun) phantoms

• a group of kittens

• a group of middle schoolers

• a classification of animals

• ghosts, spirits, a supernatural appearance

Answer explanation

"Sudden gray phantoms seemed to manifest upon inner room walls..." - from The Pedestrian