Vocabulary for The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Baisl E. Frankweiler

Question 0

Decrepit(adj)

Answer 0

Worn out from old age

Question 1

Carrion (n)

Answer 1

The rotting flesh of a dead body

Question 2

Caper(v)

Answer 2

To skip about playfully

Question 3

Grim (adj)

Answer 3

Stern or forbidding

Question 4

Foes (n)

Answer 4

Enemies in war

Question 5

Parley ( n )

Answer 5

A discussion or conference between enemies

Question 6

Succored (v)

Answer 6

To have gone to the aid of; aided or helped

Question 7

Besieged (v)

Answer 7

To have surrounded with troops

Question 8

Hauberk (n)

Answer 8

A coat of armor or mail

Question 9

Mattocks (n)

Answer 9

Tools like pick-axes

Question 10

Shud ( adj)

Answer 10

To have shoes on

Question 11

Lure (v)

Answer 11

To attract or tempt

Question 12

Rent (v)

Answer 12

To tear or split apart by violence

Question 13

Feint (n)

Answer 13

A pretended attack intended to take the opponent off gaurd

Question 14

Scimitars (n)

Answer 14

Curved oriental swords

Question 15

Fray (n)

Answer 15

Heated argument; noisy dispute

Question 16

Lore(n)

Answer 16

Knowledge of a traditional nature

Question 17

Memoirs (n)

Answer 17

Record of events based on the writer’s personal knowledge

Question 18

Sole(adj)

Answer 18

Being the only one