Chapter Three Vocabulary

Chapter Three Vocabulary

• Acknowledged: Implies recognizing or accepting something.
• Affectionately: Expressing love or fondness in a gentle manner.
• Bewildered: Confused or puzzled by something.
• Blanket: A bedding item covering the body for warmth.
• Bruised: Injured with a mark or bump from impact.
• Chastise: To reprimand or punish someone.
• Chastisement: The act of reprimanding or punishing someone.
• Conviction: A firm belief or opinion.
• Curiously: Showing a desire to know or understand something.
• Dangling: Hanging loosely from something else.
• Disposed of: To get rid of something.
• Droning: Speaking in monotone.
• Dwelling: A residence, like a house or apartment.
• Glanced: To look briefly at something.
• Glared: To look angrily or fiercely at someone.
• Hoard: To accumulate and store large amounts of something.
• Hovered Over: To remain in one place, often above something.
• Humiliation: A feeling of great shame or embarrassment.
• Knelt: To bend the knee, often in reverence or to lower oneself.
• Lurk: To hide or wait secretly.
• Motion: A movement or gesture.
• Nondescript: Lacking any distinctive features or characteristics.
• Odd: Strange or unusual.
• Peering: Looking closely or intently at something.
• Petulantly: Feeling or showing annoyance.
• Proceeded: Continued onward in a course of action.
• Rare: Not often found or happening.
• Rarity: Something that is not common or usual.
• Reluctantly: Unwillingly or hesitantly.
• Remorse: A feeling of deep regret or guilt for past actions.
• Required: Needed or necessary.
• Rhythmic: Having a regular, repeating pattern.
• Self-conscious: Uncomfortable or anxious about how you appear to others.
• Shade: A slight variation in color or tone.
• Shrugged: To raise and lower the shoulders, often to express indifference.
• Single Out: To choose or identify someone or something for special attention.
• Sort Out: To organize or arrange things.
• Squealed: To make a high-pitched, shrill sound.
• Squinting: To narrow the eyes to see more clearly.
• Startled: To cause a sudden feeling of alarm or surprise.
• Stirred: moved slightly.
• Sufficient: Enough or adequate.
• Tummy: The stomach or abdomen.
• Unsettling: Making someone feel uncomfortable or anxious.
• Unwrapped: To remove something from its covering.
• Whi: A sound that is short, sharp, and high-pitched.