Oryx & Crake Week 4 Vocab

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict people guzzling, i.e., gobbling up or gulping down food or beverages.

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At parties people often indulge in—___, ___ and ___—all kinds of excessive, reckless, and at times irresponsible pleasures and behaviors.

• surrender to

• allow themselves to enjoy

• suppress

• abandon themselves to

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict people or things literally or metaphorically reaching, crossing or otherwise interacting with thresholds, i.e., points, edges, moments or places where one thing begins and another ends.

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___, ___, ___ and ___ depict vermin, i.e., animals believed or proven to carry disease or be undesirable, dirty, and/or harmful to crops, farm animals, game or people.

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The Grinch showed his contempt—___, ___, ___ and ___—for Christmas and the spirit of charity, kindness and love it engenders by stealing everything physically associated with it—the gifts, the tree, the food, etc.,—but Christmas came anyways.

• hatred

• respect

• loathing

• disdain

• abhorrence

Mulan endured—___, ___, ___ and/or ___—many hardships such as leaving her family, hiding her femininity, being ridiculed, and having to work extra hard, but in doing so, she became a stronger person.

• survived

• withstood

• surrendered to

• underwent

• bore

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict people loitering, i.e., wasting time, hanging out, engaging in illicit activities in places where loitering is often prohibited.

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Many people consider someone who has read, reads and/or quotes Shakespeare's many works to be erudite, i.e., ___, ___, ___, and ___.

• well educated

• knowledgeable

• enlightened

• ignorant

• sophisticated

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict people or things plunging, i.e., diving, jumping or throwing themselves literally or metaphorically into something.

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Finnish students are among the most accomplished students in the world, but they are not berated—___, ___, ___, and ___—for not doing homework. Indeed, Finnish teachers are berated when the give students homework because giving students homework is illegal in Finland.

• applauded

• scolded

• chastised

• punished

• reproached