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"Tuck Everlasting," Vocabulary Ch14-17

Mon Sep 26 20:42:51 EDT 2016
By sosodef0405 (TX)
They say nothing lasts forever...well, except for the Tuck family. In "Tuck Everlasting,"a fantasy novel by Natalie Babbit, 11 year-old Winnie Foster is faced with many dilemmas, including whether eternal life is a blessing or a curse.Learn these word lists for the novel: Prologue-Chapter 5, Chapters 6-9, Chapters 10-13, Chapters 14-17, Chapters 18-22, Chapters 23-Epilogue
ordinary
...was it just some ordinary thief, or was it someone that had some special reason?
refuse
...she had firmly refused the offer of Mae’s spare nightgown...
routine
Only her own nightgown would do, and the regular bedtime routine...
awkward
She put out an awkward hand then and touched Winnie’s hair.
uncertain
He looked uncertain.
embarrassment
This time she sat up, pulling the quilt around her in sudden embarrassment, and answered, “No, not yet.”
barbarian
I’m no barbarian, you can see that.
gesture
He gestured with his long, white fingers and smiled, his face crinkling pleasantly.
dreadful
Dreadful thing, kidnapping.
illiterate
There’s just no telling what illiterates like that might do.
reasonable
“I knew right away, I said to myself, ‘Now here is a group of intelligent, reasonable people!’
ordeal
Your terrible ordeal is as good as over, isn’t it?
courteous
The man in the yellow suit was as courteous as always.
glimpse
Winnie caught just a glimpse of it as it scissored away from shore.
broad
...his shoulders, under his threadbare shirt, were broad and muscled.
clutch
Winnie clutched her pole, sitting sidewise in the stern, and watched the baited hook sink slowly down.
teeming
Winnie squinted at her fishing line and tried to picture a teeming world.
assure
“It’ll be all right,” Miles assured her.

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