Friday, September 14, 2012

WEEK 4-Bridge to Terabithia Vocabulary

 
Section 1 Vocabulary + Science 

1. cagey-
reluctant to give information owing to caution or suspicion
2. crouched-
adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down,
3. despised-
feel contempt or a deep intense disgust for
4. endure-
suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently :
5. grit-
courage and resolve; strength of character
6. grits-
a dish of coarsely ground corn kernels boiled with water or milk.
7. Hypocritical-
a person who indulges in hypocrisy. the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.
8. muddled-
in a state of bewildered or bewildering confusion or disorder
9. pandemonium-
wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar
10. plunked-
put or set (something) down heavily or abruptly
11. primly-
stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper
12. proverbial-
referred to in a proverb or idiom
13. pudgy-
slightly
14. thrashed-
beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip
15. hippopotamus-
a large thick-skinned semiaquatic African mammal, with massive jaws and large tusks
16. periodic table of elements
17. molecule
18. metalloid
19. solubility
20. element

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