1/levity: Ms. Schieffelin approached the conversation about her twins' misbehavior at day care with a certain degree of levity, which the director of the day care didn't appreciate; Julia and Eli had introduced the other children to particular vulgarities heard around their home, and Ms. Schieffelin's lack of seriousness in the conversation frustrated the director.
1A/abortive: Ms. Schieffelin took on the herculean task of attempting to simultaneously feed the twins blueberries; however, her abortive attempts resulted in blueberries staining their hair, pajamas, and dog.
1B/supercilious: Ms. Schieffelin thought she caught a supercilious glance from her daughter, Julia, when she tried to feed the twins Spam, for her daughter was not too young to show disdain for such cheap, disgusting food.
1C/fractious: One might think that Julia and Eli are fractious children; they actually are quite loving kids; they just like grabbing any other part of the other twin, which often results in unintentional pinches, punches, and pummels.
3/wan: Ms. Schieffelin returned from March break with a wan complexion: She had spent most of the cold, rainy days inside, caring for two seven month old babies.
4/languid (Emma): Despite the ballerina's usual expertise, her movements were languid, sloppy, unenjoyable to watch.
7/complacency (Vivian): Filled with complacency, the man had no desire to improve upon himself-- his job, his role as a father, his personality--and thus he died penniless, estranged from his children, and, by everyone he knew, was proclaimed an asshole.
7A/denizen (Carolyn): Mr. Smith, a now penniless man, spent the rest of his life as a denizen of the abandoned house at the end of the street.
8/vacuous (Bonnie): Because he sits quietly through the discussion, because he doesn't raise his hand in class, Larry may appear vacuous to some.
9/florid (Emily):
9A/commensurate (James): Bill's small loyalty bonus at retirement wasn't commensurate with the years he put into the company, wasn't commensurate with the energy it took him to get all of his work done, wasn't commensurate with the sacrifices he had to make to keep his job for so long.
11/dilatory (Grace): While setting up my birthday party - it was supposed to be a surprise - my father gave me dilatory errands to keep me away from the house.
11A/ineffable (Jack Antico):
8/meretricious (Jack Barry): When she said I was pretty, when she told me I was perfect, I couldn't tell her I was in fact meretricious.
9/orgastic (Chloe): The orgastic stock market held the dreams of many men who yearned for money in their pockets--the money that gave them life and provided their sustenance.
9A/truculent (Shelby): Their rivarly could have been truculent but turned out to be very calm, very simple, very quiet.
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