Your vocabulary words for the quiz on Friday are: desolation (n) , refuge (n), vernacular (n), divert (v), vicious (adj), indomitable (adj), disengage (v), debris (n), menace (n), gradual (adj), writhed (v), blundered (v), gaunt (adj), demented (adj), gnarled (adj), and nudged (v).
For my vocabulary quizzes, there will be a fill in the blank section as well as a section where students must write a few sentences, each containing a vocabulary word.