Word Watcher Chapter 8

1. protruded (page 105): verb. to project.

He dragged me toward a pile of snow from which protruded human shapes, torn blankets.

2. wail (page 106): verb. to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering.

The sirens began to wail.

3. Cauldrons (page 106): noun. a large kettle or boiler.

The cauldrons at the entrance found no takes.

4. tiers (page 106): noun. one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.

There were several tiers  of bunks.

5. shone (page 106): verb. to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.

I shall never forget the gratitude that shone in his eyes which he swallowed this beverage.

6. dysentery (page 108): noun. Pathology. an infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic.

7. prostrate (page 108): verb. to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.

Suffering from dysentery, myfather was uprostrateu on his cot, with another five sick inmates nearby.

8. riveted (page 109): noun. a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.

I was riveted to my father's agony.

9. jostle (page 105): verb. to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.

Some prisoners who didn't have the strength to jostle, or even stand, sat down in the snow.

10.feedle (page 112): ?

And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feedle conscience, I might have found something like: Free at last!

-MICHELLEE! :D