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ch4: Lions
Vocabulary for chapter 4: Listening for Lions
Question | Answer |
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sorrows | sad feelings, problems |
appetite | desire to eat |
puzzling | hard to understand |
exaggeration | saying something is bigger or greater than it is ("I told you a million times!) |
fragrance | smell |
bleary | watery, fuzzy, not focused |
graceful | elegant, smooth |
orphanage | a home for children who have no parents |
conscience | the part of your mind or soul that tells you what is right and wrong |
clasping | holding something tightly |
mansion | a huge home for a rich person |
railway | train |
steamer | steamboat |
porridge | a mushy hot cereal |
estate | the money and property you inherit from a relative |
generous | giving, happy to share |
anxious | nervous, hurried |
coax | beg and whine for something |
impaling | poking through |
slithered | slide, glide, move like a snake |
deserted | empty, nothing inside |
nibbled | took little bites of something |
foolish | silly, stupid |
waddled | walked like a very fat person, wobbled |
furious | very angry, mad |
menacing | threatening, scary |
tidy | clean, put in order |