Match the word to a synonym.

1. glorify

wretched

2. remodel

jovial

3. miserable

dawdle

4. jolly

renovate

5. delay

buccaneer

6. scoundrel

credible

7. pirate

exalt

8. change

revise

9. separate

blackguard

10. believable

dissociate

Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of the awakening. they chatted incessantly: about the things around them; their amusing adventure out in the water—it had again assumed its entertaining aspect; about the wind, the trees, the people who had gone to the chênière; about the children playing croquet under the oaks, and the farival twins, who were now performing the overture to “the poet and the peasant.” what is the correct meaning of the word “aspect” based on its usage in the excerpt? character negativity performance boredom

The tone of a story is the author's attitude toward the subject. provide two examples that support the conclusion that the tone of this story is ironic.

What is the central idea of paragraph 1 of the story?