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TWGB Chapters 4-6
Vocabulary Review for The Watsons Go to Birmingham
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| orbiting | fly or move around in a circle |
| hypnotized | produce a state of hypnosis in someone; capture someone's attention |
| disappear | cease to exist or be visible; be lost or to go missing |
| glugging | drinking or pouring with a hollow gurgling sound |
| traitor | a person who betrays a friend, principle, or country |
| parachute | a cloth canopy which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake. |
| peon | a person who does menial work; a low-ranking worker such as an attendant, orderly, or assistant. |
| mourning | the expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes. |
| conscience | an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior. |
| hostile | unfriendly; antagonistic. |