MEGO

[ mee-goh ]

/ ˈmi goʊ /

my eyes glaze over.

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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

Question 1 of 10

decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Example sentences from the Web for mego

They were indeed worthy sons of the fleet hound mother—Mego—whose puppies rank so high in the racing world beyond the frozen sea.
Baldy of Nome|Esther Birdsall Darling
How do you like this picture of that great Mego—I won't try to spell him again—eating off the tree-tops?
The William Henry Letters|Abby Morton Diaz
If we're as shy on leaders as all that, I'd hook up Mego; she's still good, if she is old.
Baldy of Nome|Esther Birdsall Darling
Dan announced that he could recommend the Mego Pups to "Scotty" without a single unfavorable criticism.
Baldy of Nome|Esther Birdsall Darling

Mego knew, as well as did the Woman and "Scotty," that Birdie meant no harm.
Baldy of Nome|Esther Birdsall Darling

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