"The First Day" by Edward P. Jones Vocabulary

plait

• unwilling to spend
• determined, keeping a firm grip on
• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
• in an energetic manner

gravitas

• seriousness and dignity
• serving to express or indicate the act of having
• subject to legal action
• rest one's weight on one's knees

vigoursly

• in an energetic manner
• affording physical relief
• enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
• seriousness and dignity

liable

• of high worth or cost
• subject to legal action
• spread by scattering
• demanding attention

strew

• spread by scattering
• serving as or indicating the existence of a goal
• capable of being wounded or hurt
• of high worth or cost

array

• enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
• repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
• an ordered reference standard
• an impressive display or assortment

enunciate

• determined, keeping a firm grip on
• serving to express or indicate the act of having
• seriousness and dignity
• express or state clearly

envelop

• repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
• enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
• capable of being wounded or hurt
• of high worth or cost

vulnerable

• capable of being wounded or hurt
• an impressive display or assortment
• demanding attention
• unwilling to spend

tenacious

• enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
• spread by scattering
• an ordered reference standard
• determined, keeping a firm grip on