35 pages • 1 hour read
ZZ PackerBrownies
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2003A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Vocabulary
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Vocabulary List
1. Brownie (proper noun):
a precursor of the Girl Scouts for elementary school students
“By our second day at Camp Crescendo, the girls in my Brownie troop had decided to kick the asses of each and every girl in Brownie Troop 909.” (Page 1)
2. chromatized (adjective):
emblazoned with a colorful or garish design
“They turtled out from their bus in pairs, their rolled-up sleeping bags chromatized with Disney characters: Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Mickey Mouse; or the generic ones cheap parents bought: washed-out rainbows, unicorns, curly-eyelashed frogs.” (Page 1)
3. uncanny (adjective):
strange in an unsettling way
“The belt layered with feathers was uncanny enough, but I was more disturbed by the realization that I had never actually seen a baby pigeon.” (Page 2)
4. aphorisms (plural noun):
short sayings or observations intended to convey meaningful truth
5. acrostics (plural noun):
poems in which the first letter of each line spells another word
“Back at the A.M.E. church where our Brownie meetings were held,
