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WorksheetsUglies: Chapters 1 - 8 Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Tether
A few hot-air balloons pulled at their tethers against the darkening pink sky, their passengers shooting safety fireworks at other balloons and passing parasailers.
smother or suppress
restraint consisting of a rope or chain
a path or strip
wildly disordered
Stifle
On the familiar leafy path down to the water’s edge, it was easy to imagine Peris stealing silently behind her, stifling laughter, ready for a night of spying on the new pretties.
fraught with uncertainty or doubt
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
restraint consisting of a rope or chain
smother or suppress
Gawk
She wasn’t here to gawk. She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. And she had a mission.
smother or suppress
represent by a drawing of the outline of an object
resembling a snake in form
look with amazement
Impromptu
The machine was lobbing the masks out the back, trying to coax more followers into the impromptu parade: devil faces and horrible clowns, green monsters and gray aliens with big oval eyes, cats and dogs and cows, faces with crooked smiles or huge noses.
with little or no preparation or forethought
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
known widely and usually unfavorably
look with amazement
Subside
She’d only seen him once since the operation, and that was coming out of the hospital, before the swelling had subsided.
not neatly combed
showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
wear off or die down
living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
Bogus
“Why didn’t you write me?”
“I tried. But it just felt bogus. I’m so different now.”
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
with little or no preparation or forethought
lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
resembling a snake in form
Dubious
Shay looked dubious. “How’d you manage that?”
incapable of being defended or justified
wear off or die down
fraught with uncertainty or doubt
wildly disordered
Silhouette
Her right shoe slid toward the board’s edge until her toes were silhouetted against the trees.
lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
an abstracted state of absorption
represent by a drawing of the outline of an object
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Notorious
Some cities allowed exotic operations—for new pretties only—but the authorities here were notoriously conservative.
living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
known widely and usually unfavorably
Incongruous
The high hairdo towered over her thin face like a dunce cap, the white-blond hair utterly incongruous with her olive skin.
lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
not neatly combed
wildly disordered
showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
Swath
Behind them the spires of New Pretty Town rose from the center of town, and around them was the greenbelt, a swath of forest that separated the middle and the late pretties from the youngsters.
a vast multitude
restraint consisting of a rope or chain
represent by a drawing of the outline of an object
a path or strip
Serpentine
The river wound into the dark forest, cutting its serpentine route into the unknown.
resembling a snake in form
not neatly combed
resembling or characteristic of a fox
held in check with difficulty
Horde
The Rusties had been stuck down in these streets like a horde of rats trapped in a burning maze.
restraint consisting of a rope or chain
disarrange or rumple; dishevel
a vast multitude
a person without moral scruples
Untenable
But in the moonlight she could imagine people scrambling over flaming cars to escape the crumbling city, panicking in their flight from this untenable pile of metal and stone.
incapable of being defended or justified
a vast multitude
resembling a snake in form
lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
Reverie
Shay’s voice pulled Tally from her reverie.
showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
an abstracted state of absorption
a recurrent rhythmical series
Symmetrical
Big eyes and full lips like a kid’s; smooth, clear skin; symmetrical features; and a thousand other little clues.
curved down like an eagle's beak
made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis
not neatly combed
resembling a snake in form
Expedition
In their expeditions, Tally and Peris had always stuck to the waterfront, where vegetation and the dark backdrop of Uglyville made it easy to hide.
a temporary condition of torment or suffering
a journey undertaken with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, research, or war.
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
a place where people meet
Parameters
Tally tweaked the eye-shape parameters, pulling the arch of the eyebrows down almost to normal.
restraint consisting of a rope or chain
lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
a path or strip
a limit or boundary which defines the scope of a particular process or activity
Committee
Shay didn’t look, just shrugged. “That’s not me. It’s some committee’s idea of me.”
a group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group and typically consisting of members of that group
a recurrent rhythmical series
a final peremptory demand
a place where people meet
Dormitory
The roof tiles were slick with a late evening rain. Tally climbed carefully to the corner of the dorm where it was brushed by an old sycamore tree. The handholds in its branches felt solid and familiar, and she descended quickly into the darkness behind a recycler. When she’d cleared the dormitory grounds, Tally looked back.
a temporary condition of torment or suffering
represent by a drawing of the outline of an object
a path or strip
a building containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
