WorksheetsGlass Castle Vocabulary
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
"We'd put a piece of scrap metal--or a penny, if we were feeling extravagant--on the railroad tracks right before the train came." (p.54)
Extravagant means
Carefree
lacking restraint in spending money
regretful
showing restraint in spending money
"Dad said they were far superior to other numeric systems." (p.58)
Superior means
the same as
worse than
better than
comparable to
"I knew he'd come to the school to debate Miss Page on the virtues of various numeric systems." (p. 58)
Numeric means
named
a large amount
related to numbers
engineering
"We stood in the street watching the flames devour the shack." (p. 61)
Devour means
to consume quickly
to burn down quickly
to burn down slowly
to lick
"My arms flailed around, and I sank into the hot, smelly water." (p. 66)
Flailed means
bobbing
swinging wildly
pushing with great force
pulling with great force
"I instinctively breathed in." (p. 66)
Instinctively means
done using a learned skill
done after careful thought
done by natural instinct, without thinking
done using a natural talent
"Before, whenever we were out of food, Dad was there, full of ideas and ingenuity." (p. 67)
Ingenuity means
responsibility
bitterness
creativity and cleverness
hopefulness
"He had all sorts of prospects he was on the brink of realizing." (p. 69)
"On the brink" means
almost ready to go
at a point of optimism about the future
at a point where something is very close to happening
at a point where it's unclear if something will happen
"At night she sulked and muttered under her breath." (p. 74)
Sulk means
to tell somebody off
to act like you're in a bad mood
to act like you don't care
to pretend to be asleep
