ch 2 voc words

relented- 1. to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving.
2. to become less severe; slacken: The winds relented.
sen:
When I meditate twice a week I feel very relented when I talk to people.


tandem- 1. one following or behind the other: to drive horses tandem.
–adjective
2. having animals, seats, parts, etc., arranged tandem or one behind another.
sen:
When my family and I go to roadtrips we tandem so we won't get lost on our way.



chauffeured- 1. a person employed to drive a private automobile or limousine for the owner.
2. a person employed to drive a car or limousine that transports paying passengers.
sen:
Alot of people who are wealthy drive with chauffered people.


gullible- 1.easily deceived or cheated.
sen: I like to help out gullible people because they are not very smart in life.


token- 1. something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.
2. a characteristic indication or mark of something; evidence or proof: Malnutrition is a token of poverty
sen: We have the token of the mistery that has been going out for years.


whimsical- 1. given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
2. of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions: Her writing showed whimsical notions of human behavior.
sen:There's whimsical stores at the mall.

abode- 1. a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
2. an extended stay in a place; sojourn
sen:There's homeless people on the streets that have an abode hidden somewhere.


rant- 1. to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
–verb (used with object)
2. to utter or declaim in a ranting manner.
sen: I hate it when people talk in rant voices.

chapter 2 questions

Nancy couldn’t go to sleep because she thinks she got raped.
Nancy used to be very different before, now she is very closed and dark.
Catsup is Nancy’s cat when she was a little girl.
I think Nancy’s confused about the rape be cause she wasn’t sure if she loved that person or not.
When I was 6 I had a pet chihuahua that I loved very much.
In my opinion she takes more than one shower a day because she feels dirty and disgusted.
Advice about what happened that day.
Yes, I have felt like a bunch of bones.
At that time instead of asking my family for advice or help I asked the wrong friends.
Nancy calls her mom for advice when she felt like that.
She is waiting on Lew’s phone call all day.
Nancy went looking for Collin.
Nancy’s mom tries to help her.
She took them to the show.
On mother’s day they all went out to a picnic and a daylong hike
Nancy’s birthday was wild and different from other days because she was actually laughing and having a lot of fun.
On mother’s day they went out for a picnic and an all day hike/
18. I didn’t spend my fifteenth birthday with my family, I was just out and about and rarely lived at home.
Lew is somebody that Nancy has known most of her life.
If I were to be Nancy’s mother I would be a little more understanding and help her throughout
her life.