A Painted House Vocabulary

A Painted House John Grisham Aja Fitzgerald Ament Period 1 VOCABULARY Chapters 1-11 1. Scrutinized(9)- to examine in detail with attention. 2. Oscillate(33)- to vibrate. 3. Ominous(41)- threatening. 4. Imperative(41)- unavoidable. 5. Uncanny(47)- beyond the ordinary. 6. Concoction(51)- mixture, blend. 7. Impediment(53)- a speech disorder. 8. Inadvertently(63)- unintentional. 9. Jurisdiction(66)- control. 10. Gaunt(67)- extremely thin. 11. Quota(71)- ones share of a total amount. 12. Penchant(75)- a strong liking for something. 13. Embellish (75)- to improve by adding detail. 14. Mundane(76)- unimaginative. 15. remote (81)- far apart. 16. Carnage(81)- massacre. 17. Smug(113)- confident of one's superiority. 18. Maim(115)- to cripple. …show more content…

16. Replenish (421) -to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc. 17. Coerce (423) -to compel by force, intimidation, or authority. 18. Commendable (430) –admirably. 19. Solitude (431) -the state of being or living alone; seclusion. 20. Colic (442) -pertaining to or affecting the colon or the bowels. SENTENCES 1-11 1. I scrutinized the watch to determine if it were real or not. 2. The phone oscillated on the table and eventually fell off. 3. The ominous snake rattled his tail when we were near. 4. Because I did not do my chores I knew there was an imperative punishment coming my way. 5. The story she wrote was unique and uncanny, so she received an A. 6. The evil Witch created a horrible concoction in her bowl. 7. The boy’s words were slurred so I couldn’t figure what his was saying almost as if he were born with an impediment. 8. I tipped over the wine glass inadvertently. 9. His crime was committed outside of the court's jurisdiction. 10. She came from a severely impoverished family resulting in her famine and gaunt figure. 11. My quota for helping with the baby sitting was less than I hoped for. 12. The athlete had a penchant for basketball. 13. She decided to make the story she told a little more exciting by embellishing it and making up extra scenes. 14. The movie was boring and mundane, so critics didn’t exactly rave it as the author