By seven he was drinking coffee slowly, his mouth pursed the way his mother sipped. (par. 1)

What is the meaning of the word "pursed" in the selection above?

His eye could measure a length of board, and his knees genuflected over flower beds and leafy gutters. (par. 1)

What is the meaning of the word "genuflected" in the selection above?

José took this as a truth, and though he did well in school, he felt destined to labor. (par. 5)

What is the meaning of the word "destined" in the selection above?

José knew that grass didn’t come from his lawn. His was cut and pampered, clean. (par. 8)

What is the meaning of the word "pampered" in the selection above?

Arnie hollered, arguing that some people were meant to work and others to come up with brilliant ideas. He was one of the latter. (par. 43)

What is the meaning of the word "latter" in the selection above?

In the next two weeks, Arnie found an array of jobs. José peeled off shingles from a rickety garage roof, carried rocks down a path to where a pond would go, and spray-painted lawn furniture. (par. 44)

What is the meaning of the word "array" in the selection above?

“How come you don’t use your sleeve?” Arnie joked.

José thought for a moment and said, “I’m not like you.” He smiled at his retort. (par. 25, 26)

What is the meaning of the word "retort" in the selection above?

And while Arnie accompanied him, most of the time he did nothing. He did help occasionally. He did shake the cans of spray paint and kick aside debris so that José didn’t trip while going down the path carrying the rocks. (par. 44)

What is the meaning of the word "debris" in the selection above?

Mr. Clemens nodded. Then his hearing aid fell out, and José turned in time to see it roll like a bottle cap toward the bottom of the pool. It leaped into the stagnant water with a plop. (par. 108)

What is the meaning of the word "stagnant" in the selection above?