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ch4: Lions
Vocabulary for chapter 4: Listening for Lions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |