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HPSS: Chapters 1-5
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chortled | laugh in a breathy, gleeful way |
| Irritably | having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or made angry |
| Exasperated | irritate intensely; infuriate |
| Shrill | (of a voice or sound) high-pitched and piercing |
| Intently | with earnest and eager attention |
| Vigorously | in a way that involves physical strength, effort, or energy |
| Twanging | make or cause to make a twang |
| Ambling | walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace |
| Pelting | attack (someone) by repeatedly hurling things at them |
| Clouted | hit hard with the hand or a hard object |
| Transfiguration | a complete change of form or appearance |
| Apothecary | a person who prepared and sold medicines |
| Drawling | speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds |