Grade 8: Unit 7: Vocabulary from Readings 2

This list covers One Last Time and Dreams from My Father.
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  1. ramble
    continue talking or writing in a purposeless manner
  2. foreman
    a person who exercises control over workers
  3. grope
    search blindly or uncertainly
  4. feeble
    lacking strength or vigor
  5. stoop
    bend one's back forward from the waist on down
  6. contractor
    a party to a binding agreement
  7. irate
    feeling or showing extreme anger
  8. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
  9. novelty
    originality by virtue of being new and surprising
  10. dowdy
    lacking in stylishness or taste
  11. refuge
    something or someone turned to for assistance or security
  12. volatile
    marked by erratic changeableness in affections
  13. recuperation
    gradual healing through rest
  14. irretrievable
    impossible to recover or recoup or overcome
  15. inevitable
    an unavoidable event
  16. opaque
    not clearly understood or expressed
Created on Tue May 18 12:52:23 EDT 2021 (updated Thu May 20 08:43:04 EDT 2021)

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