𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 - 𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒕 𝑭𝒊𝒕𝒛𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒅

 

The Bridal Party - A Short Story by Scott Fitzgerald

WORDS TO BE HUNTED:

 

Hollow

  “At first Michael was afraid and his stomach felt hollow.”

Pronunciation: [ hol-oh ] (adjective).

Meaning: having a hole or empty space inside.

Examples:

1. An open enemy is better than a hollow friend.
2. Bamboo is a sort of hollow plant.
3. The hollow ball floated.
4. He gave a hollow laugh.

Settled

“...scented the hard abstraction that had settled over him.”

Pronunciation: [ set-ld ] (adjective).

Meaning: not likely to change or move. Living in one place and not likely to move.

Examples:

1. You’ll feel more settled when you’ve been here a few weeks.
2. She seems fairly settled in her new job already.
3. It's time you settled your differences with your father.
4. A bird settled on his palm.

Daze

 “He walked in a daze to his bank.”

Pronunciation: [ deyz ] (verb).

Meaning: to stun or stupefy with a blow, shock, etc.

Examples:

1. I've been in a complete daze since hearing the news.
2. Patrick walked down the stairs in a daze.
3. The rest of us sat in a daze.
4. I moved as if in a daze through the emergency room.

Engagement

“...It was a double shock to Michael, announcing, as it did, both the engagement and the imminent marriage.”

Pronunciation: [ en-geyj-muhnt ] (Noun).

Meaning: an appointment or arrangement. An agreement to marry somebody.

Examples:

1. They announced their engagement at party on Saturday.
2. John has broken off his engagement to Mary.
3. I have a previous engagement.
4. My brother has just told me about his engagement to Anne.

Gobble

“... or else the girl gobbles him up and you have the usual mess.”

Pronunciation: [ gob-uhl ] (Verb).

Meaning: to eat food too fast.

Examples:

1. She gobble her dinner.
2. Don't gobble your food like that!
3. There were dangerous beasts in the river that might gobble you up.
4. Don't gobble the turkey. You'll just end up getting stuffed.

Mumble

“Frantically, he began to mumble something about going away.”

Pronunciation: [ muhm-buhl ] (Verb).

Meaning: to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.

Examples:

1. I wish you wouldn't mumble. I cannot hear what you are saying.
2. Kaye could only mumble an apology.
3. Slaves mumble, workers grumble and students mutter.
4. He could hear the low mumble of Navarro's voice.

Bachelor

“No, I'd like it very much if you'd come to the bachelor dinner.”

Pronunciation: [ bach-ler, bach-uh-ler ] (noun).

Meaning: an unmarried man. 

Examples:

1. He remained a bachelor all his life.
2. He's the most eligible bachelor in Japan.
3. A bachelor of nearly fifty decides to marry.
4. She was a bachelor woman.

Weakly

“Since his only support was that she loved him, he leaned weakly on that...”

Pronunciation: [ week-lee ] (adverb).

Meaning: in a way that is not physically strong.

Examples:

1. Erick looked at the mess and smiled weakly.
2. The mineral is weakly magnetic.
3. He smiled weakly at them.
4. Some children may therefore adopt a black mask which they wear fiercely but weakly.

Shabby

“... Because Mr. Curly's clothes were a little shabby”.

Pronunciation: [ shab-ee ] (adjective).

Meaning: looking old and in bad condition because of wear or lack of care.

Examples:

1. She wore shabby old jeans and a T-shirt.
2. His clothes were old and shabby.
3. It was a shabby way to treat visitors.
4. This used to be a shabby house.

Insincere

“There was the usual insincere little note saying...”.

Pronunciation: [ in-sin-seer ] (adjective).

Meaning: not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.

Examples:

1. The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.
2. Some people are so terribly insincere, you can never tell if they are telling the truth.
3. His apology to me seemed as insincere as his motives.
4. If they are insincere, then that will not be effective.