Purple Vocab 11 Flashcards
Convent
A place where nuns study, work, and live
Hail
To greet someone
Goods
Things people make, grow or raise to sell to others
Panic
When people are so scared they don’t know what to do and just run around screaming and yelling, without thinking
Pedestal
The base that a statue usually stands on
Scurry
To quickly and quietly run a short distance, like mice
Stride
To walk with big, long steps. In this story, the word is “strode” which means someone did this in the past
Sobbing
In this story, the giant makes this kind of noise, like when you’ve cried very hard
Lieutenant
An officer in the military
Dumbstruck
More than surprised, you’re shocked!
Bellow
To talk in a huge, loud voice, almost shouting
Fairly
In this story, it means “almost”
Coo
To make soft, cute sounds like babies or some birds