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vocab chapter 15
number the stars by lois lowry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| enrage | to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate |
| consumed | to eat or drink up; devour |
| exasperated | to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely: |
| withering | to shrivel; fade; decay |
| insolently | boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting |
| implored | to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: |
| scornfully | full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: |
| contempt | the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. |
| caustic | capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue |
| subsided | to sink or fall to the bottom; settle; precipitate |
| strident din | having a shrill, irritating quality,loud,or character |
| quavering | to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble |