The
Gloves of Summer, P.393
Acrid: strong or unpleasant taste or smell
Caustic: able to burn
Embroidered: decorated with patterns, sewn on thread
Stitching: lines of thread that have been sewn into
something
Obliterated: destroyed
Frayed: of fabric, used up and ruined
Pliable: easily bent; flexible
Contort: twist or bend out of normal shape
Suppleness: the ability to bend the body into
different positions
Gnawing on: to bite or chew repeatedly
Spruce Up: to make something look cleaner, nicer, or more attractice
Yesterday, I did some house cleaning to spruce up the
place a bit.
Vocabulary Practice:
acrid caustic contort embroidered
frayed gnaw on obliterated pliable spruce up
1. I have had these jeans for many years, and now they are __________________a bit in some parts. You can see holes in the pants.
2. Some people ___________________their baseball gloves. They chew on it. It's a kind of nervous habit I guess.
3. If you can _____________________your body, you can get it into all kinds of interesting and unique shapes.
4. I am going to ____________________the room a lot by vacuuming it and putting new pictures on the walls.
5. The fire completely ______________________the house. Now, there is nothing left of the house.
6. The blanket was _______________________with nice scenes of the ocean the creator had stitched onto it.
7. If you live near a gas station, it often has an ___________________smell, like of gasoline.
8. Make sure you wear gloves in the laboratory, because some of the chemicals are quite __________________in here.
9. I have a ____________________toy that is very flexible and can be bent.
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