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8 Cards in this Set
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distorted
"My father's voice was distorted." p. 292r |
definition: twisted, changed from its usual form, "bent out of shape"
meaning parts: dis = down, away, or apart; tort = bend (The voice was changed from its usual form, "bent" so it sounded very different.) own sentence/new context: |
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drone
"My mother's voice made a flat, distancing drone, a sound that said 'not you, not what you say, never, nothing, no.'" p. 292r |
definition: to talk in a dull, boring way without going higher or lower in tone or pitch
meaning parts: none own sentence/new context: |
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gratitude
His mother knew exactly what to do: she'd change the locks so they'd be safe. The author "felt gratitude, so much gratitude it knocked the wind out of me." p. 293 r |
definition: thankful
meaning parts: grat = pleased, pleasing own sentence/new context: |
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tremor
"The three of us were playing together when I felt the tremor of my parents' argument on the stairs." p. 292r |
definition: shaking or trembling
meaning parts: trem = tremble own sentence/new context: |
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distracted
The next day the author wished he had distracted his parents "before the fight got so bad." p. 293 r |
definition: draw attention or concentration away from one thing toward something else
meaning parts: dis = down, away, apart; trac = pull (to pull attention away from something) own sentence/new context: |
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dispute
A familiar dispute between the author's father and mother had begun. p. 292r |
definition: an argument; fight with words, shouting, etc.
word parts: dis = away or apart; put = to cut or to think in the sense of to analyze, see differences, investigate. (A dispute "cuts people apart" just as amputating a finger "cuts it off from the rest of the body." own sentence/new context: |
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traitor
His mother offered to hug the author, but he hesitated..."I stood alone, learning to feel like a traitor." p. 293r |
definition: a person who is disloyal or betrays his country; in this case, the author feels disloyal to his mother and his father
meaning parts: don't help own sentence/new context: |
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thumped
"...something thumped dully down the stairs." p. 292r |
definition: to hit the ground with a dull sound; a hollow sounding thud
meaning parts: don't help own sentence/new context: |
