Ashen (pp.108) Context-"As Eddie bent down beside him, the kid looked up with dull eyes, ashen and powdery, not quite in register." Definition-(adj)extremely pale; drained of color; pallid.
Banter (pp.104) Context-"They were to Quick with their banter; they held hands as if afraid to let go." Definition-(n)an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
Fathom (pp.41) Context-"Stupidly with a kind of smug removal that I can't be to fathom, I assumed that the problems of killing and dieing did not fall with in my special province." Definition-(v)to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand.
Ghoulish (pp.222) Context-"It was ghoulish, he knew that, but he couldn't shut off the pictures." Definition-(adj)strangely diabolical or cruel.
Grotesque (pp.80) Context-"It can be arguged, for an instance, that war is grotsque." Definition-(adj)odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
Kilter (pp.221) Context-"His whole personality seemed out of kilter." Definition-(n)good condition; order.
Moored (pp.137) Context-"On the lake side of the road, where real estate was most valuable, the houses were handsome and set deep in, well kept and brightly painted, with dock jutting out into the lake, and boats moored and covered aith canvas, and neat gardens,and sometimes even gardeners, and stone patios with barbaque spits and grills, and wooden shingles saying who lived where." Definition-(v)to fix in place; secure.
Quaint (pp.96) Context-"All morning Mary Anne chatted away about how quaint the place was, how she loved thatched roofs and naked children,the wonderful simplicity of village life." Definition-(adj)having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque.
Zeal (pp.20) Context- "Some carried themselves with a sort of wistful resignation, others with pride or stiff soldiery discipline or good humor or macho zeal." Definition- (n) ardor: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
Context-"As Eddie bent down beside him, the kid looked up with dull eyes, ashen and powdery, not quite in register."
Definition-(adj)extremely pale; drained of color; pallid.
Banter (pp.104)
Context-"They were to Quick with their banter; they held hands as if afraid to let go."
Definition-(n)an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
Fathom (pp.41)
Context-"Stupidly with a kind of smug removal that I can't be to fathom, I assumed that the problems of killing and dieing did not fall with in my special province."
Definition-(v)to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand.
Ghoulish (pp.222)
Context-"It was ghoulish, he knew that, but he couldn't shut off the pictures."
Definition-(adj)strangely diabolical or cruel.
Grotesque (pp.80)
Context-"It can be arguged, for an instance, that war is grotsque."
Definition-(adj)odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
Kilter (pp.221)
Context-"His whole personality seemed out of kilter."
Definition-(n)good condition; order.
Moored (pp.137)
Context-"On the lake side of the road, where real estate was most valuable, the houses were handsome and set deep in, well kept and brightly painted, with dock jutting out into the lake, and boats moored and covered aith canvas, and neat gardens,and sometimes even gardeners, and stone patios with barbaque spits and grills, and wooden shingles saying who lived where."
Definition-(v)to fix in place; secure.
Quaint (pp.96)
Context-"All morning Mary Anne chatted away about how quaint the place was, how she loved thatched roofs and naked children,the wonderful simplicity of village life."
Definition-(adj)having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque.
Zeal (pp.20)
Context- "Some carried themselves with a sort of wistful resignation, others with pride or stiff soldiery discipline or good humor or macho zeal."
Definition- (n) ardor: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)