LOTF Vocab 3 Senteces/Vocab

English 3 GHP

Dun

An old white man in a gray coat trotted by on a ——— horse. The Underground Railroad: A Novel

Brandish

The owner of the truck told police his assailant approached him early in the morning and ——- a gun,

according to court records. Washington PostJul 24, 2019

Rueful

I t’s a great book with a great heart — and a whole heap of ——— regret — at the core of it.

Seattle TimesJul 27, 2018

Clamber

A spider —— up his arm but he did not slap it away. Half of a Yellow Sun

Glower

He is ——- already and when he sees me, his eyes narrow further. The Cruel Prince

Impervious

James Bond serves as bodyguard to the daughter of a late friend and faces a villain who is —— to

pain. Los Angeles TimesJul 26, 2019

Bravado

Where once there was cockiness and ——-, there now lurks realism and recognition of the big picture.

Tremulous

His eyes caught on Sarai for a long ——- moment and she knew what he was seeing: Isagol the

Terrible, resurrected from the dead. Strange the Dreamer

Prefect

The Paris police ——- was fired after his officers were accused of failing to stop the unrest.

The GuardianMar 22, 2019

Rebuke

I did not sleep that night, but lay awake ——- myself for running away in fear. Ophelia

Sanctity

At a moment of deep political division, few issues draw as much bipartisan support from the American

public as the ——- of public lands. The GuardianJun 5, 2017

Laden

When he was growing up, Cohen’s mother would listen to Mexican folk music that was heavily —— with

guitar, he said. Washington TimesJul 27, 2019

Demure

Even these rules were made to be broken: Lisa's direct gaze defies expectations of a ——- female portrait.

NatureMay 30, 2017

Fervor

Owens now speaks with the ——- of a motivational speaker when he talks to anyone. Los Angeles

TimesAug 3, 2019

Pall

An unusually “murky ——-” hung over the city. The Devil in the White City

Illusive

“To get ahold of them it was like trying to see the wizard,” he said, referencing the ——- wizard in “The

Wizard of Oz.” Seattle TimesJun 16, 2018

Alight

Just as his fingers —— on the brass handles, the door flew open before him. Artemis Fowl

Vexed

The bird hung around, casting his —— eye down on us from the trees, still needing to be fed.

The Poisonwood Bible

Buffet

He's bent, with a wild thicket of white hair that looks constantly —— by his own personal gale-force

winds. The Inquisitor's Tale

Derision

Mockery is on their lips, and ——- in their glance. Zweig, Stefan