VOCABULARY renounced The day my son Laurie started kindergarten he renounced corduroy overalls with bibs and began wearing blue jeans with a belt I watched him go off the first morning with the older girl next door seeing clearly that an era of my life was ended my sweetvoiced nursery ID: 661575
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“Charles” by Shirley Jackson
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renounced“The day my son Laurie started kindergarten he
renounced corduroy overalls with bibs and began wearing blue jeans with a belt; I watched him go off the first morning with the older girl next door, seeing clearly that an era of my life was ended, my sweet-voiced nursery-school tot replaced by a long-
trousered
, swaggering character who forgot to stop at the corner and wave good-bye to me.”
PoS
- Verb
Prediction-
Definition- 1. to
give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal
declaration 2.
to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any furtherSlide3
raucousHe came home the same way, the front door slamming open, his cap on the floor, and the voice suddenly become
raucous shouting, “Isn’t anybody here
?”
PoS
- Adjective
Prediction-
Definition- 1.
being harsh and unpleasant
2. behaving
in a rough and noisy way Slide4Slide5
insolently
“At lunch he spoke insolently to his father, spilled his baby sister’s milk, and remarked that his teacher said we were not to take the name of the Lord in vain.”
PoS
- Adverb
Prediction-
Definition- 1. disrespectful or rude in speech or conduct
2. showing boldness or rudeness
Related Words—insolence, insolentSlide6Slide7
scornfully
On Tuesday Laurie remarked suddenly, “Our teacher had a friend come to see her in school today.” “Charles’s mother?” my husband and I asked simultaneously.
“
Naaah
,” Laurie said
scornfully
.
PoS
-
Adverb
Prediction-
Definition- feeling or showing anger and disgust
Related Words-
scornful, scornSlide8Slide9
solemnlyHe climbed down from his chair and squatted down and touched his toes. “Like this,” he said. He got
solemnly back into his chair and said, picking up his fork, “Charles didn’t even
do
exercises.”
PoS
- Adverb
Prediction-
Definition- being serious and dignified in appearance or behavior
Related Words- solemn,
solemness
, solemnity Slide10Slide11
reformationDuring the third and fourth weeks it looked like a
reformation in Charles; Laurie reported grimly at lunch on Thursday of the third week, “Charles was so good today the teacher gave him an apple.”
PoS
-
Noun
Prediction-
Definition-
1. to
put or change into an improved form
or condition 2. to improve by removing faults
Related Word- reformSlide12
warily “Charles was so good today the teacher gave him an apple.”
“What?” I said, and my husband added warily
, “You mean Charles?”
PoS
-
Adverb
Prediction-
Definition- 1.
with great caution 2. being
on guard against danger or
trickery
Related
Words- wary, warinessSlide13
incredulously
“Charles,” Laurie said. “He gave the crayons around and he picked up the books afterward and the teacher said he was her helper.” “What happened?” I asked
incredulously
.
PoS
-
Adverb
Prediction-
Definition- 1. feeling or showing an inability to believe
something 2. skeptical
Related
Words- incredulous, incredulitySlide14Slide15
cynically “Can this be true, about Charles?” I asked my husband that night. “Can something like this happen?”
“Wait and see,” my husband said
cynically
. “When you’ve got a Charles to deal with, this may mean he’s only plotting.”
PoS
- Adverb
Prediction-
Definition-
1. to distrust people or human nature
2. to believe that
people act only in
self-interest
Related Words-
cynic, cynicalSlide16
haggardAt the meeting I sat restlessly, scanning each comfortable matronly face, trying to determine which one hid the secret of Charles. None of them looked to me
haggard enough. No one stood up in the meeting and apologized for the way her son had been acting.
PoS
- Adjective
Prediction-
Definition-
1. wild in appearance 2. looking worn or thin
especially from great hunger, worry, or
pain
Related Words-
haggardly, haggardnessSlide17Slide18