Gemma, Kyle, Fatima, Lynnette, and Doug

1. Gemma, Kyle, Fatima, Lynnette, and Doug

2. Profusely • Spending; giving freely in large amount, often to excess • The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.

3. Assembled • To bring together; gather in one place • The children assembled first, of course.

4. Boisterous • Rough and noisy; jolly and rowdy • School was recently over for the summer and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on the most of the; they tended to gather together quietly for awhile before they broke into boisterous play.

5. Reprimands • A formal one by a person in authority • Their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, of the books and reprimands.

6. Surveying • The one who surveys • Surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes

7. Reluctantly • Unwilling; disinclined; struggling in opposition • Soon, the women, standing by their husbands, began to call their children, and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times.

8. Hastily • Moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried • He held it firmly by one corner as he turned and went hastily back to his place in the crowd.

9. Conducted • Personal behavior; way of acting • The lottery was conducted by Mr. Summers.

10. Jovial • Endowed with: characterized by a hearty; pertaining to the god. • He was a round-faced, jovial man and he ran the coal business, and the people were sorry for him.

11. Scold • To find fault with anger. • Because he had no children, and his wife was a scold.

12. Hesitation • Delay due to certainty of mind/fear. • …there was a hesitation before two men, Mr. Martin and his oldest son Baxter came forward….

13. Paraphernalia • Personal Belongings • The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use…

14. Shabbier • Impaired by wear; showing conspicuous signs of wear or neglect • The black box grew shabbier each year….and in some places faded or stained.

15. Ritual • An established or prescribed procedure for religion. • “…there had been, also, a ritual salute, which the official of the lottery….”

16. Recital • A musical entertainment given usually by a single • “…at one time, some people remembered, there had been a recital of some sort, performed by the official of the lottery.”

17. Perfunctory • Performed merely as a routine duty. • “..a perfunctory, tuneless chant that had been rattled off duly each year…”

18. Lapse • A slip or error; failure. • “…to walk among the people, but years and years ago this part of the ritual had been allowed to lapse..”

19. Interminably • Incapable of being terminated. • “He seemed very proper and important as he talked interminably to Mr. Graves and the Martins.”

20. Disengaged • To release from attachment. • “ A man disengaged himself from the crowd and came forward.”

21. Gravely • In a grave or sober manner • She watched while Mr. Graves came around from the side of the box, greeted Mr. Summers gravely and selected a slip of paper from the box.

22. Petulantly • Moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance • “There’s always been a lottery,” he added petulantly.

23. Stoutly • Bulky in figure, heavily built; corpulent; fat

24. Daintily • In a refined manner • Nancy was twelve, and her school friends breathed heavily as she went forward switching her skirt, and took a slip daintily from the box.

25. Defiantly • Characterized by defiance; boldly resistance. • She hesitated for a minute, looking around defiantly, and then set her lips and went to the box.