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COURSE PLAN METHODOLOGY: The following is a SUPPLEMENT to the course plan you have received in
your welcome packet. It is to be used in conjunction with and NOT as a replacement to the I am David course
plan that you received this year with the Elementary Literature program.
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WEEK 1
I Am David is the amazingly powerful story of the homeward journey of a 12-year-old boy who has been
raised in a Russian Communist concentration camp. While the story is written in the third person, we see
everything through David's eyes and learn to understand not only what he thinks, but why he thinks the way
he does. The author has expertly captured and encapsulated the psychology of a boy in this position while
engaging the reader in the physical journey itself. No less important than David's journey to his mother is his
spiritual journey, his strict adherence to nonviolence in the face of danger, and the blossoming of his
humanity through his viewing beauty and allowing himself to feel emotions.
Characters:
David, A 12-year-old boy who has lived his entire life in a Communist concentration camp and has been
given an opportunity for freedom
The Man, the Commandant of the David's concentration camp
Johannes, David's mentor/protector in the camp
Carlo, a boy who beats up David, and Maria's older brother
Maria, a beautiful girl whom David saves from a fire
Andrea, Maria's older brother
Giovanni di Leonna del 'Varchi, Maria's father
Cecha & Guglio, Maria's younger brothers
Elsa, Maria's mother
Sophie Hartmann, a painter
Edith Hjort Fengel, David's mother
Historical Background:
It would be helpful for your student to have some background on the Russian Revolution of 1917. Here are a
few web links that may be helpful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1917
http://libcom.org/history/russian-revolution
http://www.nevsky88.com/SaintPetersburg/Revolution/default.asp
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=962&display
_order=5&sub_display_order=21&mini_id=1090
Memory Gem: “From now on he would think for himself and make his own decisions, and his feet and hands
and body would be his servants to do his bidding.”
Vocabulary. Look up this week's vocabulary words. Make your own crossword puzzle with your
own clues to the vocabulary words by hand or by using Puzzlemaker at the following link:
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MON Vocabulary: catastrophe, imperceptibly, quayside, preoccupied, variegated, runnel, lithe, verge
Chapter 1 Study Questions:
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1. Did David trust the man who offered him a chance at freedom?
2. What was the only thing David had ever asked a guard for?
3. What animal awakened David as it was growing dark one evening?
4. Why did that animal worry David?
5. How did David get injured?
6. What clues do we have so far that tell us David has witnessed horrors in his short life?
7. What eased David's journey to Salonika?
8. Whose memory helped David get to Salonika?
9. Why did the Italian sailor find David strange?
10. In what language did David converse with the sailor?
11. How did the sailor help David?
12. What made David cry?
13. Why did it make David cry?
14. What did he decide because of what he saw in that first town in Italy?
Chapter 2, first half Study Questions:
1. What did David decide one had eyes for?
2. What languages did David know?
3. What did David do at the stream?
4. What did David do with the twig?
5. What had David eaten all of his life?
6. Why was David concerned about what he did not know?
7. What was the rule in the prison camp that the prisoners had made for themselves?
8. Why couldn't the prisoners ever escape?
9. What was the one thing David had on his side?
10. What did David hear as he was exploring the town in daylight that surprised him?
11. What difference did David notice between the people in this Italian town and the people at
the prison camp?
12. How did David know a building was a church?
13. How did David get the loaf of bread?
WEEK 2
Vocabulary. Look up this week's vocabulary words. Write a sentence for each one that reflects the
story you are reading.
Read Chapters 2.5 “Never in the whole . . .” (p. 48) - 3. Read each chapter, then answer its study
questions. Do the written assignment on Thursday.
Written Assignment: David comes across a number of things that are commonplace to most people,
but are new to him. Choose a commonplace object like David's orange and describe it in great
detail. Describe the shape, colors, texture, smell, weight, etc. in a way that would make it real to
someone who has never seen it before.
Vocabulary: dispassionately, brevity, undulating
Chapter 2, second half Study Questions:
1. Why did David count to 100?
2. What did David believe about countries that had kings?
3. What did David do with the newspaper?
4. What was strange about David's encounter with the woman and the baby?
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5. What was David's first thought the morning after he met the woman with the baby?
6. What did David think he should have done? Why?
7. Why did David decide to leave the town where the man gave him bread every day?
8. What was it about him that people noticed most?
Chapter 3 Study Questions:
1. When David lost his compass, what did he choose to do?
2. What accent of English did David have?
3. What did David help the English man find?
4. What did the English lady want from David?
5. What did David practice once he had the mirror?
6. Why do you think people noticed his eyes were different?
7. What did David do to earn enough money to buy bread for two days?
8. What was David determined never to enter?
9. What did David dread giving up?
10. When the American woman was afraid of giving David money because he might steal it,
what did David do to show he was no thief?
11. How much money did he accept from the Americans?
12. What did David find in the bottom of his bundle after leaving the Americans?
13. What did David buy with the money?
14. What did David ask of God?
15. When the truck driver asked David which woman he should marry what advice did David
offer?
16. What did David want most NOT to be?
17. Why did David decide Angelo was stupid?
WEEK 3
Memory Gem: “The wonderful sound of the music lay murdered, crushed and kicked to death by an evil
voice.”
Vocabulary. Look up this week's vocabulary words. Write a sentence for each one that reflects the
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story you are reading.
Vocabulary: provocation, succumbed, inundated, irrepressible
Chapter 4 Study Questions:
1. What good thing came from the beautiful house?
2. Why wouldn't David fight the boy who beat him up?
3. What did David do after the boy had beaten him up so that he could feel free again?
4. What did David think of children? Why?
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5. What did David not know how to do that most children know how to do?
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6. What did David think of the girl who was playing with the two little boys?
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7. What did David do for God?
8. What happened to the little girl's hair?
9. What did David do for the first time in his life after he saved the girl?
10. How did David know God was pleased with David's gift?
11. When Maria's father said David could stay with them a long time, what did David ask?
12. What were some new experiences David had in Maria's house?
Chapter 5, first half Study Questions:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Why was it satisfying for David to learn several words for something?
What did David asked for when Maria's father asked him if there was anything he wanted?
What kinds of play did David enjoy?
What kinds of play did David not understand and refused to play?
What game made David say “Everybody has a right to his life and freedom, and anyone
who takes them away has lost his own right to be a human being?”
6. Whom did Carlo remind David of?
7. What did David think of Maria?
8. Why was David regretting his story about being a part of a circus?
WEEK 4
Memory Gem: “It is important not to give in to people who love violence and think they have a right to take
away another person's life and liberty. And if you don't let them change what you think and believe, then
you have won.”
Vocabulary. Look up this week's vocabulary words. Make your own crossword puzzle with your
own clues to the vocabulary words by hand or by using Puzzlemaker at the following link:
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http://www.puzzlemaker.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html.
Vocabulary: contemplated, emaciated, gramophone, reticent, abominable, obscurity, epaulets
Extra Credit: Memorize Psalm 23, also found on page 173
Chapter 5, second half Study Questions:
1. What had The Man given David while he was in the concentration camp that David had
thought was some kind of poison?
2. What had The Man done to make him consume them?
3. Why do you think The Man threatened David to make sure he told no one about what he
was giving David when the guards were all so openly cruel and abusive to all the prisoners?
4. What did Maria's mother say David's eyes were like?
5. Why do you think his eyes looked like that?
6. What does Maria's mother think of David's smile?
7. What are Maria's mother's arguments for sending David on his way?
8. What are Maria's father's arguments for keeping David?
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9. What do Maria's parents decide must be done with David?
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10. Do you agree with what David had to say in his letter to Maria's parents? Why or why not?
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11. What did David do to Maria that he had never done before?
12. Notice how many times you touch others and others touch you during the course of a day or
two. How would you feel if you could no longer have touch as part of your existence? How
important is touching others to human beings?
Chapter 6 Study Questions:
1. What would you explain to David about “the God of the Roman Catholics?”
2. What did David call his God?
3. What did David ask of the priest?
4. What did David do at the train station?
5. What did David read in the newspaper?
6. Why would nothing ever be the same for David since he lived in the house?
7. What did the lady by the lake want of David?
8. Where was she from?
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9. What did she say of David to the man who asked her if she wanted to go sailing?
10. How had David gotten into the concentration camp?
WEEK 5
Memory Gem: “All suffering has an end, David, if only you wait long enough. . . Sorrow is just like people.
Sorrow is born and lives and dies. And when it's dead and gone, someone's left behind to remember it.”
Vocabulary. Look up this week's vocabulary words. Make your own crossword puzzle with your
own clues to the vocabulary words by hand or by using Puzzlemaker at the following link:
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http://www.puzzlemaker.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html.
Alternative Written Assignment: Write an Epilogue to this story. What do David and his mother go
on to do with their lives?
Vocabulary: precipice, despised, kiosk, apprehensive, apathetic, interrogate
Chapter 7 Study Questions:
1. How had David's mother escaped form the concentration camp?
2. Why had Johannes been spared the worst treatment?
3. Why had the Man kept David alive and as well as possible and then let him escape at great
personal risk to himself?
4. What was the farmer's boy like?
5. Why would the boy get in trouble when he hurt animals?
6. In what language did the farmer and his family speak?
7. In what language did David speak to the dog?
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8. What were the farmer's plans for David?
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9. Why was it a blessing that the farmer imprisoned David?
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10. What conclusion did David make about Carlo while he was in the stable prison?
11. How did David escape the farmer?
Chapter 8 Study Questions:
1. What did David do once he had Swiss money?
2. What did David do for the first time as the Swiss truck driver left him?
3. Why did people marvel at King?
4. Whom did David find that worried him very much?
5. In fear for his life, what did David pray for?
6. What did King do for David?
7. How does David find his mother's address?
8. How does the story end?
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WEEK 1
Chapter 1 Study Question Answers
1. Did David trust the man who offered him a chance at freedom? No
2. What was the only thing David had ever asked a guard for? A piece of soap
3. What animal awakened David as it was growing dark one evening? A sheep
4. Why did that animal worry David? Because it meant people would be nearby
5. How did David get injured? He ran through thorns
6. What clues do we have so far that tell us David has witnessed horrors in his short life? We glimpse
David's reaction to the horrors he has been exposed to through statements like, “ . . . you must not let
what you heard or saw penetrate your thoughts,” and “He was familiar enough, through his
experiences in the camp, with what happened when a man was left without food and water.”
7. What eased David's journey to Salonika? He sneaked inside a truck that was driving there
8. Whose memory helped David get to Salonika? Johannes
9. Why did the Italian sailor find David strange? David had drank the sailor's wine without knowing it
was wine; David did not run away when he was caught; David's eyes looked like the sailor's
grandmother's eyes just before she died
10. In what language did David converse with the sailor? Italian
11. How did the sailor help David? He gave him bread and a lifebelt, and he lowered David over the side
near a town, so he would not be discovered.
12. What made David cry? The beauty of Italy.
13. Why did it make David cry? He had never seen such vibrant beautiful colors
14. What did he decide because of what he saw in that first town in Italy? He decided he wanted to live.
Chapter 2, first half Study Question Answers
1. What did David decide one had eyes for? To see beauty
2. What languages did David know? The languages “they” spoke: French, German, English, Italian,
German, Hebrew, and Spanish
3. What did David do at the stream? He thoroughly washed himself and his clothes
4. What did David do with the twig? He cleaned all of his nails
5. What had David eaten all of his life? Only bread and porridge and soup
6. Why was David concerned about what he did not know? Because he did not know a lot of things that
most people who live in freedom know. That ignorance could cause him to be recaptured
7. What was the rule in the prison camp that the prisoners had made for themselves? That one must never
talk about food
8. Why couldn't the prisoners ever escape? Because their chances were too slender
9. What was the one thing David had on his side? He had strong tough muscles, sharp eyes and ears,
and he was used to doing without food
10. What did David hear as he was exploring the town in daylight that surprised him? Pleasant laughter
11. What difference did David notice between the people in this Italian town and the people at the prison
camp? The people here were beautiful, especially the women
12. How did David know a building was a church? Because of its bell
13. How did David get the loaf of bread? The man in the shop gave it to him
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Chapter 2, second half Study Question Answers
1. Why did David count to 100? To remind himself how important it was never to do anything without
thinking
2. What did David believe about countries that had kings? They were free
3. What did David do with the newspaper? He taught himself to read
4. What was strange about David's encounter with the woman and the baby? He had never seen a baby
before. He was concerned that the baby could not run away and could very easily be hurt. He warned
the woman to take very good care of the baby all the time.
5. What was David's first thought the morning after he met the woman with the baby? He wondered if the
baby was still safe.
6. What did David think he should have done? Why? He thought he should not have left the baby
because he knew all about the dangers in the world while the woman did not know how dangerous it
was to be so small
7. Why did David decide to leave the town where the man gave him bread every day? People had
noticed him and wanted to speak with him. He was afraid they would give him back to his captors
8. What was it about him that people noticed most? His eyes
Chapter 3 Study Question Answers
1. When David lost his compass, what did he choose to do? He chose a God
2. What accent of English did David have? Oxford
3. What did David help the English man find? Eyeglasses
4. What did the English lady want from David? She wanted him to smile
5. What did David practice once he had the mirror? Smiling
6. Why do you think people noticed his eyes were different? Because he was so used to being unhappy
and being mistreated and averting his eyes in the camp that his eyes reflected those bad things rather
than the happiness found in most people's eyes
7. What did David do to earn enough money to buy bread for two days? He watched a couple's luggage
8. What was David determined never to enter? Houses
9. What did David dread giving up? His freedom
10. When the American woman was afraid of giving David money because he might steal it, what did
David do to show he was no thief? He politely left all of his possessions with them
11. How much money did he accept from the Americans? He took no money from them
12. What did David find in the bottom of his bundle after leaving the Americans? 2000 lire
13. What did David buy with the money? A comb, scissors, soap, a loaf of bread, pence, paper, and
cheese
14. What did David ask of God? To take away his fear and to let the next truck driver be kind and good
15. When the truck driver asked David which woman he should marry what advice did David offer? He
said he should marry the one who was kind and good
16. What did David want most NOT to be? Greedy
17. Why did David decide Angelo was stupid? Because Angelo asked others to help him decide on
something important that he should decide for himself
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WEEK 3
Chapter 4 Study Question Answers
1. What good thing came from the beautiful house? Music
2. Why wouldn't David fight the boy who beat him up? Because the did not want to be useless or rotten
3. What did David do after the boy had beaten him up so that he could feel free again? He bathed
4. What did David think of children? Why? He thought they were dangerous because they could see just
how different he was from them
5. What did David not know how to do that most children know how to do? Play
6. What did David think of the girl who was playing with the two little boys? She was beautiful
7. What did David do for God? He saved a girl from burning to death in a fire
8. What happened to the little girl's hair? It caught on fire
9. What did David do for the first time in his life after he saved the girl? He smiled
10. How did David know God was pleased with David's gift? because God had shown him how to smile
11. When Maria's father said David could stay with them a long time, what did David ask? He asked if he
could leave right then if he wanted to
12. What were some new experiences David had in Maria's house? He slept in a bed, was given fine
clothing, was waited on by servants, ate delicious food, saw a painting
Chapter 5, first half Study Question Answers
1. Why was it satisfying for David to learn several words for something? So he could learn nuances and
say the appropriate words for various things
2. What did David asked for when Maria's father asked him if there was anything he wanted? He asked
for a book published before 1917
3. What kinds of play did David enjoy? Things like exercises and ball and races
4. What kinds of play did David not understand and refused to play? Make believe
5. What game made David say “Everybody has a right to his life and freedom, and anyone who takes
them away has lost his own right to be a human being?” They wanted to play soldiers and prisoners
6. Whom did Carlo remind David of? The guards at the concentration camp
7. What did David think of Maria? He thought she was beautiful and good and needed to be protected
8. Why was David regretting his story about being a part of a circus? He could not ask about countries,
because if he had been traveling around in a circus, he would already know about countries
WEEK 4
Chapter 5, second half Study Question Answers
1. What had The Man given David while he was in the concentration camp that David had thought was
some kind of poison? Milk and vitamins
2. What had The Man done to make him consume them? He had threatened to shoot another prisoner
3. Why do you think The Man threatened David to make sure he told no one about what he was giving
David when the guards were all so openly cruel and abusive to all the prisoners? Abusing the prisoners
was acceptable, but giving them something that was good and good for them was not allowed. They
were to be treated as less than human
4. What did Maria's mother say David's eyes were like? She said they were the eyes of an old man
5. Why do you think his eyes looked like that? Because he was not loved and protected when he was very
young. He was exposed to horrors in the concentration camp that no child should see.
6. What does Maria's mother think of David's smile? She thinks it is beautiful, like he had never smiled
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before seeing Maria
7. What are Maria's mother's arguments for sending David on his way? He does not play like the other
children, he seems much older than he is, she doesn't understand him, he tells Maria about bad things
so she can protect herself, he refuses to let go of his hatred of Carlo, her children are being influenced
by him, she knows he lied about the circus
8. What are Maria's father's arguments for keeping David? He saved Maria, the children all have
become politer and less argumentative around him, he is very intelligent
9. What do Maria's parents decide must be done with David? He must tell them about his past then they
would pay for whatever needed to be done to see him safe and happy
10. Do you agree with what David had to say in his letter to Maria's parents? Why or why not? Answers
will vary
11. What did David do to Maria that he had never done before? He touched her of his own free will—he
put his hands on her shoulders
12. Notice how many times you touch others and others touch you during the course of a day or two. How
would you feel if you could no longer have touch as part of your existence? How important is touching
others to human beings? Answers will vary
Chapter 6 Study Question Answers
1. What would you explain to David about “the God of the Roman Catholics?” Answers will vary, but
should include the fact that there is only one God
2. What did David call his God? “The God of the green pastures.”
3. What did David ask of the priest? A map of Italy
4. What did David do at the train station? He translated for tourists, carried luggage , and earned enough
to have bread for several days
5. What did David read in the newspaper? An advertisement to him from the children's parents telling
him they believed him and he was welcome to come back
6. Why would nothing ever be the same for David since he lived in the house? He now knew what nice
living was like, so it was harder to endure hardships. He had also let down his indifferences, and let
himself have feelings for Maria
7. What did the lady by the lake want of David? She wanted to paint him
8. Where was she from? Denmark
9. What did she say of David to the man who asked her if she wanted to go sailing? She said, “Someone
has broken his spirit.”
10. How had David gotten into the concentration camp? His parents lived in a foreign country and his
father had not been careful about what he said. They were all arrested, even David, who was only a
year old
WEEK 5
Chapter 7 Study Question Answers
1. How had David's mother escaped form the concentration camp? The Man had loved her and had
helped her escape
2. Why had Johannes been spared the worst treatment? Because he looked after David
3. Why had the Man kept David alive and as well as possible and then let him escape at great personal
risk to himself? Because of his love for David's mother
4. What was the farmer's boy like? He loved giving pain to living creatures and he broke anything he
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5. Why would the boy get in trouble when he hurt animals? Because the animals were worth money
6. In what language did the farmer and his family speak? German
7. In what language did David speak to the dog? Italian
8. What were the farmer's plans for David? To work him as a slave, treating him cruelly all the while then
hand him over to the police in the spring
9. Why was it a blessing that the farmer imprisoned David? He would otherwise have died in the
mountain snows
10. What conclusion did David make about Carlo while he was in the stable prison? Carlo wasn't bad, just
stupid
11. How did David escape the farmer? He tunneled out through the snow
Chapter 8 Study Question Answers
1. What did David do once he had Swiss money? He wrote and sent a letter to Carlo
2. What did David do for the first time as the Swiss truck driver left him? Waved goodbye
3. Why did people marvel at King? Because he was so obedient even when David spoke softly to him
4. Whom did David find that worried him very much? “Them”
5. In fear for his life, what did David pray for? That the dog would be safe and find a good home
6. What did King do for David? It distracted the guards so David could get by them and it was killed
7. How does David find his mother's address? He finds her in the telephone book
8. How does the story end? David arrives at his mother's door and simply says, “Madame…I am
David…” She says, “David…my son David…”
Alternative Written Assignment: Write an Epilogue to this story. What does David and his mother go on to do
with their lives? Answers will vary
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All Definitions for the Vocabulary lists have come from Merriam Webster’s Dictionary at www.m-w.com
A-C
abominable: 1 : worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable <the abominable treatment of the
poor> 2 : quite disagreeable or unpleasant <abominable weather>
apathetic: 1 : having or showing little or no feeling or emotion : spiritless 2 : having little or no interest or
concern : indifferent
apprehensive: viewing the future with anxiety or alarm
brevity: shortness of duration; especially : shortness or conciseness of expression
catastrophe: 1: the final event of the dramatic action especially of a tragedy2: a momentous tragic event
ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin3 a: a violent and sudden change in a
feature of the earth b: a violent usually destructive natural event (as a supernova)4: utter failure : fiasco
<the party was a catastrophe>
contemplated: transitive verb 1 : to view or consider with continued attention : meditate on <contemplate
the vastness of the universe> 2 : to view as contingent or probable or as an end or intention
<contemplate marriage> intransitive verb : ponder, meditate
D-F
despised: 1 : to look down on with contempt or aversion <despised the weak> 2 : to regard as negligible,
worthless, or distasteful
dispassionately: not influenced by strong feeling; especially : not affected by personal or emotional
involvement <a dispassionate critic> <a dispassionate approach to an issue>
emaciated: intransitive verb : to waste away physically transitive verb 1 : to cause to lose flesh so as to
become very thin <cattle emaciated by illness> 2 : to make feeble
epaulets: something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: as a: an ornamental fringed shoulder pad
formerly worn as part of a military uniform b: an ornamental strip or loop sewn across the shoulder of a
dress or coat
G-I
gramophone: an instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus or needle
following a spiral groove on a revolving disc or cylinder
imperceptibly: not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
<imperceptible differences>
interrogate: 1 : to question formally and systematically 2 : to give or send out a signal to (as a transponder)
for triggering an appropriate response
inundated: 1 : to cover with a flood : overflow 2 : overwhelm <was inundated with phone calls>
irrepressible: impossible to repress, restrain, or control <irrepressible curiosity>
J-P
kiosk: 1 : an open summerhouse or pavilion 2 : a small structure with one or more open sides that is used
to vend merchandise (as newspapers) or services (as film developing) 3 : a small stand-alone device
providing information and services on a computer screen <a museum with interactive kiosks>
lithe: 1: easily bent or flexed <lithe steel> <a lithe vine>2: characterized by easy flexibility and grace <a
lithe dancer> <treading with a lithe silent step>; also : athletically slim <the most lithe and graspable of
waists — R. P. Warren>
obscurity: 1 : one that is obscure 2 : the quality or state of being obscure
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precipice: 1: a very steep or overhanging place2: a hazardous situation; broadly : brink
preoccupied: 1: previously applied to another group and unavailable for use in a new sense —used of a
biological generic or specific name2 a: lost in thought; also : absorbed in some preoccupation
b: already occupied
provocation: causing mild anger
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quayside: land bordering a quay (a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing
place )
reticent: 1 : inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved 2 : restrained in expression,
presentation, or appearance <the room has an aspect of reticent dignity — A. N. Whitehead> 3
: reluctant
runnel: a small stream
succumbed: 1 : to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire <succumb to
temptation> 2 : to be brought to an end (as death) by the effect of destructive or disruptive forces
undulating: intransitive verb 1 : to form or move in waves : fluctuate 2 : to rise and fall in volume, pitch, or
cadence 3 : to present a wavy appearance transitive verb : to cause to move in a wavy, sinuous, or
flowing manner
variegated: 1 : having discrete markings of different colors <variegated leaves> 2 : varied 1
verge: the point of onset
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