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Unit 2: Selection Vocabulary 1

This list covers "I never hear the word 'Escape,'" Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Negro Motorist Green Book.
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  1. escape
    a means or way of getting out
    I never hear the word “Escape
    Without a quicker blood,
    A sudden expectation—
    A flying attitude!
  2. expectation
    the feeling that something is about to happen
    I never hear the word “Escape”
    Without a quicker blood,
    A sudden expectation
    A flying attitude!
  3. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
    I never hear the word “Escape”
    Without a quicker blood,
    A sudden expectation—
    A flying attitude!
  4. broad
    very large in expanse or scope
    I never hear of prisons broad
    By soldiers battered down,
    But I tug childish at my bars
    Only to fail again!
  5. batter
    strike violently and repeatedly
    I never hear of prisons broad
    By soldiers battered down,
    But I tug childish at my bars
    Only to fail again!
  6. dismal
    causing dejection
    The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.
  7. commence
    begin or get started
    She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up. Well, then, the old thing commenced again.
  8. grumble
    make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
    When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn't really anything the matter with them,—that is, nothing only everything was cooked by itself.
  9. considerable
    large in number, amount, extent, or degree
    After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people.
  10. reckon
    expect, believe, or suppose
    I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight.
  11. scramble
    climb awkwardly, as if by rushing hastily
    Says I, "me-yow! me-yow!" as soft as I could, and then I put out the light and scrambled out of the window on to the shed.
  12. resource
    aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed
    Every medium and resource is being used to contact Reliable Business Places and Resorts that will serve your motoring needs.
  13. render
    give or supply
    In the event that you are dissatisfied by the service rendered by an advertiser, we would appreciate you writing us the complaint, stating all the facts and conditions and we will immediately investigate your case and help to adjust same.
  14. quaint
    strange in an interesting or pleasing way
    No trip to Boston would be complete until the picturesque T. Wharf is visited, with its quaint artists’ studios and the sea food restaurants that overlook the busy harbor and colorful fishing craft.
  15. adjacent
    near or close to but not necessarily touching
    Adjacent to the great Falls is the city of Niagara Falls, center of the world’s electro-chemical and electro-metallurgical industries.
  16. accommodation
    living quarters provided for public convenience
    He before the advent of Negro Travel Guides has had to depend on word of mouth and then sometimes accommodations weren’t available.
Created on Mon Dec 07 13:47:46 EST 2020 (updated Wed Dec 09 17:04:00 EST 2020)

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