ROTHMC Chapters 7-12 Initial Definitions

Based on the following sentence, what do you think the word DESPONDENTLY means: “Stacey sat across from Papa looking despondently at the broken leg.”- Pg. 223

• endless, so long as to seem endless

• a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance

• in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

• Deserving contempt or hatred

Based on the following sentence, what do you think the word BANISHED means:  “Miss Crocker raised her hand, indicating that she did not want to hear another word, and banished me to the very last row in front of the window.”- Pg. 182

• forced to leave

• proven true, confirmed

• produced or created

• replied sharply

Based on the following sentence, what do you think the word GENERATED means: “She spoke on the cruelty of it; of the rich economic cycle it generated as slaves produced the raw products for the factories of the North and Europe…”- Pg. 183

• produced or created

• proven true, confirmed

• replied sharply

• forced to leave

Based on the following sentence, what do you think the word VENTURED means: “From the edge of the lawn where Little Man and Christopher-John had ventured after lightning bugs, Little Man called, “Somebody’s coming!’ ”- Pg. 202

• proven true, confirmed

• produced or created

• forced to leave

• to go somewhere that is unknown

Based on the following sentence, what do you think the word INTERMINABLE means: “For what seemed an interminable wait, we stood watching those lights drawing nearer and nearer before Stacey clicked off the flashlight and ordered us into the forest.”- Pg. 251

• Deserving contempt or hatred

• a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance

• endless, so long as to seem endless

• in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

Based on the following sentence, what do you think the word  RETORTED means: “ ‘Hammer, you go to burning and we’ll have nothing,” Mama retorted.”- Pg. 151

• proven true, confirmed

• produced or created

• replied sharply

• forced to leave

Based on the following sentence, what do you think the word EXASPERATION means: “Mama laughed lightly in exasperation.”- Pg. 208

• in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

• a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance

• endless, so long as to seem endless

• Deserving contempt or hatred

Based on the following sentence, what do you think the word  AFFIRMED means: “Papa and Uncle Hammer neither affirmed nor denied this.”- Pg. 161

• forced to leave

• to go somewhere that is unknown

• produced or created

• proven true, confirmed

Based on the following sentence, what do you think the word RESENT means: “He also feels strongly about this land and he resents the fact that you won’t sell it back to him.”- Pg. 163

• proven true, confirmed

• produced or created

• to feel bitter or upset

• to go somewhere that is unknown

Based on the following sentence, what do you think the word DESPICABLE means: “Perhaps he felt that even a person as despicable as T.J. needed someone he could call “friend’...” - Pg. 249

• Deserving contempt or hatred

• endless, so long as to seem endless

• a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance

• to go somewhere that is unknown