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Kneeknock Rise
Vocab for the Book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| babbled | talk rapidly and continuously in an excited or incomprehensible manner |
| immobilized | prevented from moving normally |
| mollified | appeased the anger or anxiety of someone, or to reduce the severity of something |
| fatigue | extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness |
| haughty | arrogantly superior, proud, snobbish |
| hapless | unfortunate, without luck |
| brusquely | in a blunt, abrupt or direct manner (usually in speaking), often discourteous |
| unveiled | to disclose or reveal, uncover, show |
| resentful | feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly |
| brimming | to be full to the point of overflowing |
| exotic | from another part of the world, foreign |
| superior | higher in rank, status or quality |
| soberly | not extreme or extravagant; serious, solemn, grave, or sedated manner |
| unearthly | unnatural or mysterious especially in a disturbing way |
| poised | having a self-assured manner; composed |
| effortlessly | showing or using little effort to do something |
| shrubbery | an area planted with shrubs, many shrubs or bushy plants together |
| arcs | something curved |
| transfixed | to cause to become motionless wit horror, wonder, or astonishment |
| bewitched | when someone is enchanted or delighted |
| delirious | a state of uncontrolled excitement or emotion |
| engulfed | surrounded or covered completely |
| wriggling | twisting or turning with quick movements |
| hearth | the floor or area in front of the fireplace |
| contentedly | satisfied with things as they are |
| ecstasy | overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement |
| scalding | extremely hot, burning |
| legible | clear enough to be able to read |
| radiance | light or heat given off or reflected by something; extreme joy/happiness |
| treacherous | hazardous because of hidden or unpredictable dangers; guilty of or involving betrayal or deception |
| souring | to make or become unpleasant or difficult |
| warily | on guard, watchful, cautious |
| anticipation | an expectation, waiting for something or something to happen |
| wringing | to squeeze and twist to force liquid out of something |
| frantic | wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion; conducted in a hurried, excited, and chaotic way, typically because of the need to act quickly |
| trance | in a half-conscious state, to seem dazed, half awake and half asleep |
| hustling | to move in a hurry |
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