Reading challenge 2 BIG CHILL

VOCABULARY:

• HOLE

Pronunciation: \'hōl\
Function: noun

an opening through something

an area where something is missing

a serious discrepancy

an opening in a defensive formation

A hollowed-out place

a wretched or dreary place

an awkward position or circumstance

• SHROUDED

Pronunciation: shroud Function: verb

archaic: to cover for protection

to cut off from view

to dress for burial

• ASH

Pronunciation: \'ash\
Function: noun

any of a genus of trees of the olive family with pinnate leaves, thin furrowed bark, and gray branchlets

the tough elastic wood of an ash

the ligature æ used in Old English and some phonetic alphabets to represent a low front vowel

• BOTTLENECK

Pronunciation: \'bä-tel-,nek\

Function: adjective

narrow

• ROUGHLY

Pronunciation: \'re-flē\ Function: adverb

in a rough manner: as with harshness or violence or in crude fashion

without completeness or exactness

• AMBROSE

Pronunciation: \'am-,brōz\

Function: biographical name

• ENGAGED

Pronunciation: \in-'gājd, en-\

Function: adjective

involved in activity

pledged to be married

greatly interested

involved especially in a hostile encounter

partly embedded in a wall

being in gear