“We Beat the Streets” (Vocabulary List)
asserted
Chapters: Introduction – 4
stated or declared positively and often forcefully
apathy
indifference; lack of interest or concern
daunting
overwhelming or intimidating
retrospect
a review of past events; looking back
swaggered
strutted; paraded; walked with an air of boastfulness
hoisted
lifted; heaved
intensify
grow stronger or more acute; sharpen
loomed
approached, often with a sense of threat or menace; closed in
mused
became absorbed in thought; turned over in one's mind
sparse
meager; few; scattered
debris
the remains of something broken down or destroyed; rubbish
plaintively
Chapters: 5 – 9
expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournfully
lanky
gracefully thin and bony
gait
a person's manner of walking
inquisitive
prone to asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious
sinews
tendons
warily
in a watchful manner; on guard for danger
deterrent
something that prevents action; curb; check; preventative
regally
befitting or resembling a king; with stateliness; splendidly
sauntered
walked at a leisurely pace; strolled
lumbered
walked or moved with heavy clumsiness
malignant
Chapters: 10 – 13
something dangerous or harmful in influence or effect; hateful
seethed
excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
insubordinate
resisting authority; disobedient
entrepreneur
one who organizes, manages, or assumes the risk of a business enterprise
incredulously
in a manner unwilling to admit something is true; with disbelief
conviction
a strong persuasion or belief; certainty
blustery
windy
cowering
shrinking away from something menacing
bravado
blustering, swaggering conduct; a pretense of bravery
bristled
took on an aggressive, defensive attitude
exulted
Chapters: 14 – 17
felt or expressed joy or triumph; rejoiced
unfazed
undisturbed; undaunted
loping
walking with an easy, bounding gate
admonished
expressing warning or disapproval of, usually in a gently or solicitous manner
brash
bold; audacious
remediation
the act or process of remedying; correction
affirmation
a positive assertion; the act of affirming; validation
pulmonary
of, relating to, or occurring in the lungs
antagonized
to incur or invoke the hostility of
dissipated
slowly broken up or scattered
tumultuous
Chapters: 18 – Conclusion
marked by overwhelming turbulence or upheaval; stormy
acclimated
adapted to a new climate, environment, or situation
livid
very angry; enraged
genially
with sympathy or friendliness
limbo
a state of transition or uncertainty; in flux
palatable
agreeable to taste; agreeable to the mind