Vocabulary Journal by Olivia Williams-Kaiser https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw "Their Eyes Were Watching God" - Zora Neale Hurston en-us 2018-04-09 14:25:46 UTC 2026-02-24 15:46:22 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. "She had come back from the sodden and the bloated; the sudden dead, their eyes flung wide open in judgement (Hurston, 1)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/249823938 Sodden: (adj.) saturated with liquid, especially water, soaked through]]> 2018-04-09 14:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/249823938 2. "When she got to where they were she turned her face on the bander log and spoke (Hurston, 2)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/249826125 Bandar log: (noun) a vacuous, chattering person]]> 2018-04-09 14:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/249826125 3. "..the great rope of black hair swinging to her waist and unraveling in the wind like a plume; then her pugnacious breasts trying to bore holes in her shirt (Hurston, 2)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/249833815 Pugnacious: (adj.) eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight ]]> 2018-04-09 14:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/249833815 4. "Time makes everything old so the kissing, young darkness became a monstropolous old thing while Janie talked (Hurston, 7)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/249840609 Monstropolous: (noun) something old or ancient]]> 2018-04-09 14:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/249840609 5. "She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love of embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight (Hurston, 11)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/250712184 Calyx: (noun) the sepals of a flower, typically forming a whorl that encloses the petals and forms a protective layer around a flower in bud]]> 2018-04-11 13:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/250712184 6. "Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp and languid. (Hurston, 11)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/250719371 Languid: (adj.) weak or faint from illness or fatigue]]> 2018-04-11 14:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/250719371 7. "Finally out of Nanny's talk and her own conjectures she made a sort of comfort for herself (Hurston, 21)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251224395 Conjectures: (noun) an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information]]> 2018-04-12 15:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251224395 8. "Nanny sent Janie along with a stern mien, but she dwindled all the rest of the day as she worked (Hurston, 24)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251238848 Mien: (noun) a person's look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood]]> 2018-04-12 16:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251238848 9. "'Heah, Ah just as good as take you out de white folks' kitchen and set you down on yo' royal diasticutis and yiu take and low-rate me!' (Hurston, 31)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251632415 Diasticutis: (noun) a sarcastic reference to Janie's booty]]> 2018-04-13 16:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251632415 10. "He wasn't ready to think of colored folks in post offices yet. He laughed boisterously (Hurston, 39)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251751682 Boisterously: (adj.) rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained]]> 2018-04-14 01:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251751682 11. "The other women had on percale and calico with here and there a headrag among the older ones (Hurston, 41)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251753222 Percale: (noun) a closely woven fine cotton or polyester fabric used especially for sheets]]> 2018-04-14 01:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251753222 12. "Then one day she sat and watched the shadow of herself going about tending store and prostrating itself before Jody, while all the time she herself sat under a shady tree with the wind blowing through her hair and her clothes (Hurston, 77)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251755190 Prostrating: (verb) lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission]]> 2018-04-14 02:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/251755190 13. "Saw the cunning thoughts race in and out through the caves and promontories of his mind long before they darted out of the tunnel of his mouth (Hurston, 77)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/254910206 Promontories: (noun) a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland]]> 2018-04-24 16:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/254910206 14. "They came to the store and ostentatiously looked over whatever she was doing and went back to report to him at the house (Hurston, 83)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/254911144 Ostentatiously: (adverb) in a pretentious or showy way designed to impress]]> 2018-04-24 16:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/254911144 15. "She almost apologized to the tenants the first time she collected the rents. Felt like a usurper (Hurston, 92)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/254915622 Usurper: (noun) a person who takes a position of power or importance illegally or by force]]> 2018-04-24 16:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/254915622 16. "Therefore Janie drank her coffee and sankled on back to her room without asking her landlady anything (Hurston, 118)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255062790 Sankled: (verb) moving slowly or heavily]]> 2018-04-25 00:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255062790 17. "Then when her ready cash was gone, had come Who Flung to denounce his predecessor as a scoundrel and took up around the house himself (Hurston, 118)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255065843 Predecessor: (noun) a person who held a job or office before the current holder]]> 2018-04-25 01:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255065843 18. "All night now the jooks clanged and clamored (Hurston, 131)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255066601 Jooks: (noun) a bar featuring music on a jukebox and typically having an area for dancing.]]> 2018-04-25 01:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255066601 19. "They wrestled on until they were doped with their own fumes and emanations (Hurston, 137)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255069348 Emanations: (noun) a tenuous substance or form of radiation given off by something.]]> 2018-04-25 01:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255069348 20. "Insensate cruelty to those you can whip, and groveling submission to those you can't (Hurston, 144)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255069766 Groveling: (verb) act in an obsequious manner in order to obtain someone's forgiveness or favor.]]> 2018-04-25 01:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255069766 21. "Tea Cake with his shy grin and Motor Boat with his face like a little black cherubim just from a church tower doing amazing things with anybody's dice (Hurston, 157)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255070884 Cherubim: (noun) ]]> 2018-04-25 01:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255070884 22. "He seized hold of his dikes and ran forward until he met the quarters; uprooted them like grass and rushed on after his supposed-to-be conquerors, rolling the dikes, rolling the houses, rolling the people in the houses along with other timbers (Hurston, 162)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255071901 Dikes: (noun) a long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.]]> 2018-04-25 01:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255071901 23. "They passed a dead man in a sitting position on a hummock, entirely surrounded by wild animals and snakes (Hurston, 164)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255072481 Hummock: (noun) a hillock, knoll, or mound]]> 2018-04-25 01:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255072481 25. "Her arms went up in a desperate supplication for a minute (Hurston, 178)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255072825 Supplication: (noun) the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly]]> 2018-04-25 01:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255072825 24. "Tea Cake took it and filled his mouth then gagged horribly, disgorged that which was in his mouth and threw the glass upon the floor (Hurston, 174)." 2020orw https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255075228 Disgorge: (verb) cause to pour out]]> 2018-04-25 02:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2020orw/pe9drfget3hw/wish/255075228