Lyddie -Chapters 6-13 Vocab Quiz Review!

"Lyddie wanted to explain to them- to justify herself. Maybe if she told them about the bear.."

Which part of speech is decipher?

Being rude or disrespectful to someone (esp. to those who are older) is considered to be...

As she walked through the dark alley by herself, she had a sense of foreboding.

Lyddie's feet were sore. "Today will be something more STRENUOUS, I fear." (74)

Beholden = owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service. Synonym?

Which part of speech is justify?

"Hello, there," a voice cut through the DIN. "We didn't really meet you." (55)

After so many years of drought, the barren fields can't even sustain a tumbleweed.

She was proficient now. Weeks before she had begun tending her own loom, without Diana's help.

"She was good at her work- fast, nimble, DILIGENT, even in the unbearable heat..." (86)

What word is directly related to strenuous? A word that describes the result of strenuous work?

"Lyddie hesitated in the rain and her SODDEN clothes and blistered feet reminded her of.." (47)

"I'll wait till I've got my money, sign the petition, and exit in a fireworks of defiance!"

"Lyddie watched the HAPLESS gentleman heave and shove to no avail." (p.49)

"Read this! Those PLUCKY women are going after the legislature now!" (95)

Which part of speech is foreboding?

Those who signed the petition were demanding Lowell factory owners for

To convey something means to...

"Reading is an exceedingly dangerous thing. Reading the Bible gave me notions." (41)

A word that means being put on a list of people who are disapproved of and should be avoided is

"Lyddie thought of the regulations that she was still trying laboriously to decipher." (66)

Which part of speech is proficient?

Diana is known by the girls as being INFAMOUS, which means that she is...

"If it's Diana Goss, she's a known RADICAL, and Amelia is concerned." (67)