Words To Own (Pg 6-83) Flashcards
What is cowered?
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Crouched and trembled in fear.
What does immensely mean?
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Enormously
What is gait?
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Way of walking or running.
What does valiant mean?
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Brave and determined.
What does consolation mean?
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Comfort
What does finicky mean?
Song of the Trees
Fussy and extremely carful.
What does ambled mean?
Song of the Trees
Walked easily, without hurrying.
What is dispute?
Song of the Trees
Argument
What does delved mean?
Song of the Trees
Searched
What does curtly mean?
Song of the Trees
Rudely and with few words.
What does skirting mean?
Song of the Trees
Narrowly avoiding.
What does elude mean?
Song of the Trees
Escape by quickness or cleverness.
What does increasingly mean?
Song of the Trees
Unbelievingly
What does ashen mean?
Song of the Trees
Pale
What are sentries?
Song of the Trees
Guards
What does goaded mean?
Smallest Dragon Boy
Pushed or driven. A goad is a stick with a sharp point used to herd oxygen.
What does imminent mean?
Smallest Dragon Boy
About to happen.
What does perturbed mean?
Smallest Dragon Boy
Disturbed;troubled
What does confrontation mean?
Smallest Dragon Boy
Face-to-face meeting between opposing sides.
What does alleviate mean?
Smallest Dragon Boy
Relieve; reduce
What are hordes?
Three Skeleton Key
Large, moving crowds.
What is suffice?
Three Skeleton Key
Be enough.
What does receding mean?
Three Skeleton Key
Moving back.
What does edible mean?
Three Skeleton Key
Fit to be eaten.
What does derisive mean?
Three Skeleton Key
Scornful and ridiculing.
What does detached mean?
A Day’s Wait
Not involved emotionally; indifferent.
What does poised mean?
A Day’s Wait
Balanced
What does commenced mean?
A Day’s Wait
Began
What does slack mean?
A Day’s Wait
Loose
