Richard Wright: excerpt from Black Boy Vocabulary
1. enthralled—fascinated
2. lurk—to hide unnoticed
3. clamor—loud noise; uproar
4. dispirited—discouraged
5. frenzy—frantic behavior; wildness
6. ardently—intensely; eagerly
7. galled—irritated; angered
8. futile—useless; pointless
9. elapse—to pass by; slip away
10.
withering—drying up; weakening