Vocabulary words proj m 7-8

Vocabulary Words: Project Mulberry, Chapters 7-8This week’s reading/vocabulary quiz:

Tsunamis…Thursday, September 2nd

Iron Kids and Cobras…Friday, September 3rd

blandadjective

Moderate; smooth; not exciting

That’s what I call it. Perfect – as in no expression. Perfectly smooth. Perfectly bland. (pg. 72)

pardonverb

To excuse; to release from punishment

“I beg your pardon. It’s just that when I talked to this young lady on the phone” –he nodded at me – “I was expecting white people.” (pg. 73)

“Excuse me…”“Pardon me…”

scrawnyadjective

Very small; bony“But nobody had taken care of it, so it was pretty scrawny.” (pg. 74)

allowancenoun

An amount that is allowed or granted

I had two babysitting jobs coming up in the next few weeks plus my April allowance, and I’d be able to pay her back. (pg.79)

debtnoun

Something owed, such as: money, goods, or services

But to use up all I had…AND go into debt…for a project I didn’t even want to do? (pg. 79)

paralleladjective

Being of equal distances apart everywhere; two straight lines that never intersect

Patrick and I were on parallel tracks at school, which meant we had the same teachers and books and homework and everything. (pg. 85)

paranoidadjective

Having extreme or irrational fear and distrust of others

I was starting to really feel paranoid. (pg.85)

plungeverb

To thrust or throw forcefully into a substance or place

Why did he just plunge right into everything and not even bother to ask me what I thought? (pg.86)

lopsidedadjective

Heavier, larger, or higher on one side than the other

I drew four of them in a row, all lopsided. (pg. 92)

bachelornoun

An unmarried manHe also brought up an aquarium – he’d kept tropical fish for a hobby when he was a bachelor – which was where the worms lived. (pg. 95)