Number the Stars Reading Vocabulary
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- scornfully
- feeling or showing scorn; contemptuous
- lanky
- ungracefully tall and thin
- defiantly
- to defy; adv.
- rationed
- to distribute equitably; to use sparingly
- haughtily
- rudely proud in manner that expresses scorn for others
- insolent
- disrespectful or rude in speech or conduct
- dawdled
- to spend time idly
- specter
- ghost
- disdainfully
- to look with scorn on
- belligerently
- showing eagerness to fight; quarrelsome
- intricate
- difficult to resolve or analyze; complicated
- sophisticated
- very complicated; complex
- rueful
- mournful; sympathy
- frothy
- bubbles formed in or on a liquid
- trudge
- to walk or march steadily and usually with much effort
- mock
- to make fun of by mimicking
- brusque
- short and frank in manner or speech as to be impolite
- sprawled
- to lie or sit with arms and legs spread out; to spread or develop irregularly
- trousseau
- clothes, accessories, and household linens and wares
- stocky
- compact, sturdy, and relatively thick in build
- exasperate
- to cause irritation or annoyance to; to make angry
- lingered
- to be slow in parting or in quitting something
- sprig
- a small shoot or twig especially with leaves or flowers
- frantically
- marked by fast and nervous, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity
- imperious
- urgent
- obstinate
- stubborn; sticking to an opinion or purpose
- synagogue
- the house of worship and communal center of a Jewish congregation
- sulk
- to be moodily silent
- facination
- to attract and hold by charming qualities
- tentatively
- not fully worked out or developed; uncertain
- courageous
- having or characterized by courage; brave