Week 4: Vocab

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The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
1-300

  1. faze (pg 166)- disturb or disconcert (someone).
  2. norebang (pg 167)- a singing venue in South Korea where private sound-proof rooms are available for rent, equipped for singing
  3. saunters (pg 136)- walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort.
  4. berating (pg 124)- scold or criticize (someone) angrily.
  5. propriety (pg 141)- the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals.
  6. penchant (pg 147)- a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something.
  7. stoic (pg 149)- a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
  8. clad (pg 157)- past participle of clothing.
  9. renowned (pg 213)- known or talked about by many people; famous.
  10. merit (pg 231)- the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward.
  11. writhing (pg 239)- make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.
  12. existential (pg 253)- relating to existence.
  13. exasperated (pg 246)- irritate intensely; infuriate.
  14. refute (pg 263)- prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.

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