Your progress towards mastering all the words in this list.
in list order from A to Z from Z to A from easy to hard from hard to easy in progress order
- tabulate
arrange or enter in rows and columns
All of his volunteer hours would
be carefully tabulated at the Hall of Open Records.
- prim
affectedly dainty or refined
“Well, they tried to make her life sound meaningful.
And of course,” she added primly, “all lives are meaning-
ful, I don’t mean that they aren’t. But Edna. My goodness.
She was a Birthmother, and then she worked in Food
Production for years, until she came here. She never even
had a family unit.”
- invariably
without change, in every case
They almost invariably did their hours on Recre-
ation Duty first, helping with the younger ones in a place
where they still felt comfortable.
- smock
a loose coverall that protects the clothes
He removed his tunic, hung it
carefully on a wall hook, and put on the volunteer’s smock
that was folded on a shelf.
- chastisement
a rebuke for making a mistake
It was a minor rule, rather like rudeness,
punishable only by gentle chastisement.
- tender
easy to cut or chew
help the old man from the tub and tenderly pat his thin,
naked body dry with an absorbent cloth.
- suit
a set of garments for outerwear of the same fabric and color
But with guidance, as
they developed self-confidence and maturity, they moved
on to other jobs, gravitating toward those that would suit
their own interests and skills.
- gravitate
move toward
But with guidance, as
they developed self-confidence and maturity, they moved
on to other jobs, gravitating toward those that would suit
their own interests and skills.
- apply
employ for a particular purpose
It was against the rules for
children or adults to look at another’s nakedness; but the
rule did not apply to newchildren or the Old.
- chortle
a soft partly suppressed laugh
“We’ll have to suggest that to the committee. Maybe
they’d study it,” Jonas said slyly, and Larissa chortled with
laughter.