<p> Bad Boy Vocabulary</p><p>Chapter 1</p><p>1. memoir – an account of an author’s life, focusing on personal experiences</p><p>2. bustling – moving rapidly and energetically</p><p>3. rural – having to do with country life</p><p>4. complexion – the natural color and condition of the skin, especially of the face</p><p>5. emigrated – left one country in order to settle in another</p><p>6. scoffed – spoke with disapproval</p><p>7. fad – something that is liked by many people for a short amount of time</p><p>Chapter 2</p><p>1. tenement – an apartment building, especially one located in the poorer section of a city</p><p>2. bawler – one who cries loudly or strongly </p><p>3. equivalent - the same as or equal to another in force, value, measure, or meaning</p><p>4. supervision – the act or process of directing during the carrying out of a task </p><p>5. apparatus - tools or equipment made for a particular task</p><p>6. matzoh - flat, unleavened bread, eaten especially by Jewish people during Passover</p><p>7. charlotte russe – a dessert consisting of a lining of ladyfingers or sponge cake filled with Bavarian cream</p><p>Chapter 3</p><p>1. scowling – scrunching up the brow in an expression of displeasure or anger</p><p>2. notable – worthy of being noticed</p><p>3. discarded – to get rid of especially if useless or unwanted</p><p>4. serials – a set of regularly presented (radio) programs</p><p>5. carbine – a short-barreled, lightweight firearm originally used by the cavalry</p><p>Chapter 4 1. rote – something you repeatedly do or say without thinking because it comes to you naturally 2. laxative – a drug that loosens or relaxes the bowels to relieve constipation</p><p>3. appendix – 3-4 inch long hollow tube connected to the large intestine but has no part in the digestion process</p><p>4. strenuous – physical activity that requires effort; energetic activity</p><p>5. incision – an open wound usually made in surgery: cut</p><p>Chapter 5 1. anticipation – looking forward to something in the future</p><p>2. integrate – to combine together: unite</p><p>3. lynched – to put to death (usually by hanging) without probable cause within the legal process</p><p>4. whitewash – to paint with a watered-down white color</p><p>5. anxious – extreme uneasiness of mind; fearful; worried; nervous</p><p>Chapter 6 1. deemed – to think, believe, consider</p><p>2. bevy – large group or collection</p><p>3. limber – capable of being shaped or bent: flexible, agile</p><p>4. manipulating – to manage or use skillfully</p><p>5. rigid – having no flexibility; unable to bend or shape; stiff, unyielding</p><p>6. transgressions – violation of law, command or duty; sin or wrongdoing</p><p>7. excruciating – causing great pain or anguish; very intense: extreme</p><p>Chapter 7</p><p>1. conviction – </p><p>2. infinite – </p><p>3. permeated – </p><p>4. adversary – </p><p>5. derision – </p><p>6. deflection – </p><p>7. alluded – Chapter 8</p><p>1. expansion – </p><p>2. proposition – </p><p>3. moored – </p><p>4. scanty – </p><p>5. verified – </p><p>6. resolute – </p><p>7. commendable – </p><p>8. bedeviled – </p><p>Chapter 9</p><p>1. pretense – </p><p>2. indiscriminate – </p><p>3. notoriety – </p><p>4. devious – </p><p>5. fiendishly – </p><p>6. disdain – </p><p>7. incursion – </p><p>Chapter 10</p><p>1. heady – </p><p>2. accumulate – </p><p>3. newfangled – </p><p>4. opaque – </p><p>5. decrepit – </p><p>6. ostracized – </p><p>7. vague – </p><p>Chapter 11 1. eviction – </p><p>2. predicament – </p><p>3. civilized – </p><p>4. immerse – </p><p>5. touted – </p><p>Chapter 12</p><p>1. stern – </p><p>2. defiant – </p><p>3. replete – </p><p>4. respite – </p><p>5. anarchist – </p><p>6. ethereal – </p><p>7. incomprehensible – </p><p>Chapter 13</p><p>1. eluded - </p><p>2. atrocious – </p><p>3. admonition – </p><p>4. canonization – </p><p>5. convoluted – </p><p>6. labyrinth – </p><p>7. compelled – </p><p>Chapter 14</p><p>1. truancy – </p><p>2. insolence – </p><p>3. mingled – </p><p>4. protagonist – 5. dilemma – </p><p>Chapter 15</p><p>Chapter 16</p>