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The Chocolate Touch

Vocabulary Words – Chapters 1-5

 

 1. ____ defeat                                 A. a hallway or passage

 

 2. ____ spectacles                          B.  something that complicates or makes             

                                                            difficult

 

 3. ____ route                                 C.  easily seen, visible

 

 4. ____ habit                                D. a road or lane of travel between two places

 

 5. ____ corridor                           E.  to do so without paying attention

 

 6. ____ apparently                       F. to do so in a way that causes suspicion or 

                                                        doubt

 

 7. ____ declined                          G. to advise or give advice

 

 8. ____ coaxing                           H. to continue to say or do something

 

 9. ____ hesitate                         I. right for a purpose or occasion; appropriate

 

 10. ____ succeeded                    J. an activity or action done so often that one  

                                                       does it without thinking

 

11. ____ suspiciously                    K. the condition of being embarrassed or ashamed

 

12. ____ suitable                        L. refused

 

13. ____ absentmindedly           M. to win a victory over

 

14. ____ complication                N. eyeglasses

 

15. ____ recommend                 O. carried out something desired

 

16. ____ persist                       P. convincing someone to do something

 

17. ____ embarrassment         Q. to pause or hold back because of feeling unsure