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Witch Lesson 3 Vocab
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Lesson 3 all words
Answer | Description |
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Dregs | sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid |
Shrew | a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman |
Wraith | the ghost or shadow of a living person usually seen just before death |
Aloof | 1. to be distant or not friendly. 2. indifferent, not interested, apart |
Wistfully | longingly; in a wishful manner |
Regal | characteristic of, or like royalty; magnificent |
Charigned | feeling or cause to feel uneasy and self-conscious; embarrassed |
Unseemly | inappropriate to the time or place; not proper, becoming, or in good taste |
Coarse | 1. rough, not smooth 2. of low or inferior quality or value |
Constraint | restriction, especially or feeling or behavior |
Wan | become pale and sickly |
Reproof | rebuke; censure; to speak to in disapproval |
Tremulous | quivering as from weakness or fear; trembling |
Abstracted | lost in thought so as to be unaware of one's surroundings; absent minded; preoccupied |
Irksome | causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation; tedious |
Cowed | frightened into submission or compliance |
Deft | quick and skillful in movement |
Nondescript | lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting |
Gaudy | to fancy and bright to be in good taste |
Haughtily | arrogantly; with too much pride |