Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Meet Kit Vocabulary Words

These are my vocabulary words from the book I'm reading, 'Meet Kit'. Some of these I already understood, but some of them I had to look up.

Delicate: Something that is very special to you. (Could be breakable)

Swivel: to turn around. Like a chair spinning or a Lazy Susan. A Lazy Susan is a round flat plate that is big and spins around. You use it to set things on a table and everyone can easily reach the things on it. We have a Lazy Susan.

The Depression: When the money in America was not doing very good and many people lost their jobs and homes. A sad time when many people went without food too.

Factory: like a chocolate factory. A building for making things.

Terrace: An outdoor room, usually a raised floor that has stairs to the yard. People sometimes have breakfast or lunch on a terrace.

Nudge: like bumping or pushing someone to get their attention.

Propelled: to push forward

Abandoned: when you leave someone without telling them. To leave something aside.

Delighted: Very happy with.

Vigorously: energetic

Contradicting: to say the opposite of

Grateful: to be thankful and appreciate

Discouraged: a feeling of being sad about something you thought would be okay, but now is not.

Brainstorm: One little tiny thought that becomes a whole lot; a humongous idea.

Attic: a place where you usually store things you don't use very often and it's upstairs.

Unemployment: When someone loses their job and isn't working anymore.