| Vocabulary |
| Vocabulary Terms 1. AWASH- page 1: “In the summer the ground would be awash in a sea of corn and soybeans. D :covered, filled, or crowded (1) C: covered up, a plentiful supply of corn and soybeans 2. ABATED Page 1: “But by two o ‘clock the precipitation had abated and the single functioning windshield wiper of the aged, recycled UPS delivery van was a rutted dirt road.” D: to suspend or extinguish(1) C: To hinder, to retard 3. LACONIC Page 2: “He was as laconic as Bart and Willy.” D: using few words; expressing much in few words(1) C: clear and to the point, concise |
| 4. CATARACTOUS Page 7: “Even to the hardened Jed, the appearance of the cataractous eye gave the skinned head a gruesome aura.” D: an abnormality of the eye, characterized by opacity of the lens. (1) C: a deformity in the eye 5. KLIEG LIGHTS Page 11: “Its frosted surface glowed under the glare of klieg lights.” D: a powerful type of arc light once widely used in motion-picture studios(1) C: an arched light 6. PREPUBESCENT Page 17: “That level of competition extracts a high price from anyone, much less a prepubescent child.” D: of or pertaining to the years immediately preceding puberty(1) C: before the teenaged years |
| 7. PER FUSIONISTS Page 19: “Between the per fusionists, anesthesiologists, circulation and scrub nurses, the surgeons, and all the necessary high tech equipment, the room was quite crowded.” D: a certified medical technician responsible for extracorporeal oxygenation of the blood during open-heart surgery and for the operation and maintenance of equipment (as a heart-lung machine) controlling it(1) C: medical technician 8. CARDIOPLEGIA page 20: “Lets stop the cardioplegia solution and get this ticker going.” D: the temporary arresting of the heartbeat during cardiac surgery by any of various methods, esp. by injection of chemical substances(1) C: cardiac arres 9. DOLLOP page 36: “Carl splashes a generous dollop of liquor over the ice and then handed the drink to Kim.” D: a small quantity(1) C: A spoonful of something, just a little bit 10. PROPRIETARY page 35: “Kim noticed he seemed to have a proprietary manner. D: pertaining to property or ownership(1) C: owning something |