Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party

Chapters 7-9 Vocabulary

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• Part of speech• Definition• Sentence using the vocabulary word

Elder

• Noun• A person who is older or higher in rank than

you

sympathizer

• Noun• A person who shares in the same feeling as

someone else – Ex: a bourgeois sympathizer would have the same

feelings and ideals as someone who is bourgeois

ashamed

• Adjective• Feeling shame; distressed or embarrassed by

feelings of guilt or disgrace

sob

• Verb• To weep (cry) with a convulsive catching of the

breath

squawk

• Verb• To utter a loud, harsh cry

askew

• Adverb• To one side; out of line; in a crooked position

stern

• Adjective• Firm, strict, or uncompromising

assure

• Verb• To pledge or promise; to guarantee• To state with confidence

cleaver

• Noun• A heavy, broad-bladed knife or hatchet, used

by butchers for cutting meat

cackle

• Verb• To laugh in a shrill, broken cry

incense

• Noun• A substance that produces a sweet odor when

burned; any pleasant perfume or fragrance

calligraphy

• Noun• Fancy penmanship, especially highly

decorative handwriting

creed

• Noun• Any system of belief or opinion

disposition

• Noun• A person’s natural mental and emotional

outlook or mood; a person’s characteristic attitude

contrary

• Adjective• Opposite in nature or character