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Squelched

DEFINITIONSOF NEW WORDS

drab [adj.] dull, uninteresting, colorless; dull brown
abode [n.]
Why does Lou wear those drab clothes that make her look so old?
frown [v.]
eyesore [n.] place where one lives; residence [used in literature and journalism but
rickety [adj.] seldom in conversation]
shack [n.]
boast [v.] According to the newspaper account of the crime, the thief was a man with
no permanent abode.
squelch [v.]
to show displeasure by wrinkling the brow; [n.] the wrinkling of the brow
to show displeasure

Max is always frowning. He needs glasses.

anything that is ugly to look at

This old, worn-out sofa has become a real eyesore.

weak, unsteady, apt to fall apart

We climbed the rickety old staircase slowly and carefully. The staircase
looked as if it might fall any minute.

a small, simple, roughly constructed house

The Lowells' little house at Silver Lake was only a shack, but they spent many
happy summers there.

to speak proudly [usually of oneself] [see brag, Lesson 47]; [n.] a boast-
that which one boasts about

Ordinarily, Jack is a very modest young man, but when he won first prize in
the nationwide essay contest he couldn't help boasting a little.
[n.] a squelch – a silencing remark; to silence someone [particularly with
a remark that is appropriate to the occasion]

The others criticized Alicia for her behavior. Helen tried to say something
favorable about Alicia but was squelched immediately.

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