Wednesday, January 9, 2008

CH3VOCAB



Dilapidated p.62: Once, he rested in a clump of grass next to the dilapidated depot. DEF: ruined
•As I came back to the old depot in Mexico everything was dilapidated.
•Mausoleum p.63: The words are from a gangster sleeping next to him, on top of a mausoleum. DEF: burial place for many in small building
•My mother has set up a mausoleum for the family to be buried together.
•Titter p.63: the sound builds slowly until the wind commands the branches to dance & the leaves to titter. DEF: laugh in an affected way
•I tittered as they made that remark about missing work.
•Peril p.63: the graveyard might be beautiful, but it is filled w/ peril. DEF: expose to danger
•As soon as you cross the border the streets are filled w/peril.
•Uninhabited p.65: at sunup on any given day, it seems as uninhabited as a country graveyard. DEF: having no residence
•As we took a hike ion the forest we found an uninhabited home.














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