English 1-20 GLASS CASTLE

hoisted

raised or lifted

fretted

worried

nomads

people who wander from place to place

banshee

female spirit

edible

consumable

arroyos

steep sided gully canyon

harebrained

rash

addled

unable to think clearly

embankment

a wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area

sashayed

walking proudly, walked with a dancelike step

creosote

a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar

pigeonholed

A deposit

gestate

Carry a fetus

warmonger

a person who advocates war or warlike policies

perversion

the alteration of something from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended.

diminutive

A reduction in size

mediocre

Average

tobogganing

a long, light sled that is used for sliding over snow and ice. Penguins slide over the ice and snow on their bellies. They use their flippers and feet to push them forward over the ice while they are ____________.

geode

A hollow rock inside which mineral crystals have grown.

mirage

optical illusion