Moon Over Manifest

P303~p304

Miss Sadie’s Diving Parlor

P303
divine adj coming from or relating to God or a god
parlor a room in a house which
has comfortable chairs and is used for
meeting guests
bearer adj someone who brings you information,
a letter etc
EX: I was so excited to be the bearer of such
important news.
at odd hours You could use it in situations in which
something occurs at unusual,
unpredictable, or inconvenient times.
EX: …now that I knew what kept him busy at
odd hours.
be itching to do to want to do something very much and as
something/be soon as possible
itching for
something
EX: I was itching to tell somebody.
ske‧dad‧ verb to leave a place quickly, especially because
dle you do not want to be caugh
tromp verb to step hard
EX: I skedaddled over to Miss Sadie’s and
tromped up her stairs and into her house.
porch

a structure built onto the front or back

entrance of a house, with a floor and a
roof but no walls
bound v to run with a lot of energy, because you
are happy, excited, or frigihtened
rock v to move gently backwards and forwards or
from side to side, or to make something do
this
EX: She just sat rocking.
P304
ash‧en adj looking very pale because you are ill,
shocked, or frightened
EX: Her face looked dull and ashen.
ooz‧y adj soft and wet like mud
EX: ~as it seemed to be redder and oozier
than ever.
fes‧ter v if a wound festers, it becomes infected
EX: There is too much sickness inside and it
festers.
gash noun a large deep cut or hole in something, for
example in a person’s skin
de‧lir‧i‧ adj extremely excited or happy
ous
lance v to cut a small hole in someone’s flesh with
a sharp instrument to let out pus (=yellow
liquid produced by infection)
EX: When the gash on my leg got bad and I
 was delirious with fever, the doctor had to
lance it open to let out all the infection..
dab v to put a substance onto something
with quick light movements of your hand
salve noun a substance that you put on sore skin to
make it less painful
EX: I gently dabbed on the salve, telling her
about Mr. Underhill.
out‧cast noun someone who is not accepted by the
people they live among, or who has been
forced out of their home
EX: Who would dare think the outcast and
abandoned can find a home.
per‧pet‧u‧ate verb to make a situation, attitude etc,
especially a bad one, continue
to exirst for a long time
EX: And yet all of us, we participate in his
myth, we creat it, perpetuated it.