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Plot: Moments of TruthPlot: Moments of Truth

Vocabulary

plagued

Dragon Dragon

plague

troubled (v)

ravaged

violently destroyed (v)

lunged

plunged forward suddenly (v)

craned

stretched the neckas a

crane does (v)

devastating

causes great damage(adj.)

nurturing

promoting the growth of; nursing (v)

anonymous

unknown; unidentified (adj.)

tolerate

patient; accepting of others

(v)

ponder

think over carefully(v)

delved

dug(v)

gaped

stared with mouth opened (v)

plight

bad situation(n)

obliged

forced(v)

jubilation

rejoicing; great joy(n)

rue

mired(v)

fallow

left unplanted(adj.)

slackening

lessening; slowing down(v)

surged

moved in a wave(v)

resilient

springy; quick to recover(adj.)

savored

delighted in(v)

distraught

extremely troubled(adj.)

plied

addressed urgentlyand persistently

(v)

foreboding

feeling that somethingbad is going to happen

(n)

shingle-gate

gate to beach(n)

troika

Russian carriage drawn by horses

(n)

ikons also spelled icons

images of Christ, the Virgin, and saints, used in Eastern

orthodox Church(n)

clamor

loud noise(n)

blanches

turns white;pale(v)

auto camp

a campground with places for drivers to park their cars

(n)

lark

good time;spree

(n)

Pulaski Skyway

long-span bridge connecting the cities of Newark and Jersey City,

New Jersey(n)

Alleghenies

the Allegheny mountain range, a part of Appalachian Mountains that run

through Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia,

and Virginia(n)

willies

feelings of nervousness; jitters(n)

monotonytiresome;sameness

(n)

junction

point where two railroad tracks join

(n)

dogs

slang word for feet(n)

pink elephants

imaginary objects seen by someone who is drunk or delirious

(n)

mesa

elevated flat-topped land formation with steep sides

(n)

beechwood 2-0828

phone numbers in the story

(n)

prostrated

overcome by exhaustion

(v)