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The Chrysalids
Grade 9
Question | Answer |
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Tribulation | An event that separated Old people time from David’s |
Hind - Sight | Understanding an event after it happens |
Germinate | Come into existence and develop |
Baffled | Confused or puzzled |
Rote | Mechanical repetition to be learned |
Wattle | Framework of twigs |
Rectitude | Uprightness |
Timorously | Showing fear or nervousness |
Wraith | A ghost |
Heir | Someone who is legally in charge of the rank of someone’s death |
Magistrate | Someone who manages the law |
Repentances | A book of ways to avoid disobedience |
Mutant | Something that is mentally or physically altered |
Implacable | Unforgiving or relentless |
To rummage | To search messily through things |
To harry | To carry out attacks on enemies |
Dungarees | Pants made of denim, blue jeans |
To beckon | To signal someone with your arm, hand, or head for them to follow |
Searing | Very critical |
Sullied | Damage the purity or integrity |
Scathed | Harm or injure |
Wretchedness | Unfortunate condition |
Pedent | Someone who is very concerned with minor details |
Apprehensively | Uneasy about something that might happen |
Slander | Make false accusations about someone |
Shingle | A mass of small round pebbles |
Satchel | An over the shoulder bag with a flap |