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Witch Lesson 4 Vocab
All of The Witch of Blackbird Pond lesson 4 vocabulary words.
Definition | Word | Word/Phrase | Pronounciation |
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Giving complete attention; completely carried away by something | Rapt | Adjective | Rap-t |
1. Marked by pratical hardheaded intelligence 2. Showing clever judgement and pratical understanding | Shrewd | Adjective | Shrood |
True, real, actual | Vertiable | Adjective | vert-t-able |
Pouting, acting angry and silent | Sulky | Noun, Adjective | suhl-k-ee |
A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | Stench | Noun | sten-ch |
Easily frightened; fearful; timid; cowardly | Timorous | Adjective | tim-or-us |
Having to much pride in one's looks or abilities | Vanity | Noun | van-et-ee |
To cleanse, disentangle, and collect together (as fibers) by the use of cards prepatory to spinning | Carding | Verb | k-r-ding |
Insult, outrage, or offend face to face | Affront | Noun, Verb | uh-front |
To go easy on a person; to spoil someone | Indulgently | ??? | en-duhl-gent-lee |
A wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn | Pillory | ??? | pihl-or-ee |
Excessively flattering to the point of being offensive | Fulsome | Adjective | fool-suh-m |
Metal used to make dishes and utinsils; it is mostly tin with a little bit of other metals like lead mixed in | Pewter | Noun | Pu-t-er |
In a begging or pleading way | Imploringly | Adverb | m-ploor-ing-lee |
Well known but for negative reasons; known for having a bad reputation | Notorious | Adjective | no-tore-ee-us |
Not able to or not willing to believe | Incredulous | Adjective | in-cr-ed-u-lus |
Tiresome or uninteresting because of lack of variety | Monotonous | Adjective | mon-oh-ton-us |
1. Showing arrogance or conceit 2. Showing an exagerated sense of self importance | Pompous | Adjective | puhm-pos |
In accordance with the latest prevailing mode; fashionable, stylish | Modish | ??? | mahd-ish |
In a disorted, unnatural, or strange way | Grotesquely | ??? | graht-es-qua-lee |