Vocabulary

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 * __ Tuck Everlasting __**** Vocabulary For chapters 1—11 **
 * 1. Ambled ** : To walk slowly or leisurely; stroll.
 * 2 ** . **Veered**: To turn aside from a course, direction, or purpose; swerve
 * 3. Melancholy: ** Affected with or marked by depression of the spirits; sad
 * 4. Ceased: ** To put an end to; discontinue
 * 5. Jaunty: ** Crisp and dapper in appearance; natty.
 * 6. Brooch: ** A relatively large decorative pin or clasp.
 * 7. Gallows ** : A device usually consisting of two upright posts supporting a crossbeam used for execution by hanging; a gallows tree.
 * 8. Accessible: ** Easily approached or entered
 * 12. Exasperated: ** greatly annoyed; out of patience;
 * 13. Remnant: ** Something left over; a remainder
 * 14. Staggering: ** Causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming
 * 15. Seized: ** taken without permission or consent especially by public authority:
 * 16. Intense: ** Extreme in degree, strength, or size
 * 17. Oppressive: ** Difficult to bear; burdensome
 * 18. Meager: ** small amount, scanty.

To study for your quiz, click on the link below to go to qyuizlet.com to play some games! media type="custom" key="18358414" width="140" height="140" ** Vocabulary for __Tuck Everlasting__ Chapters 12—25 **
 * Disarray ** –noun-- A state of disorder; confusion


 * Linger ** –verb-- To be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance


 * Constable ** –noun-- A peace officer with less authority and smaller jurisdiction than a sheriff,


 * Threadbare ** —adjective-- Having the nap worn down so that the filling or warp threads show through; frayed or shabby: //threadbare rugs.//


 * Searing ** —verb-- charring, scorching, or burning the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. Burning


 * Rigid ** —adjective-- Not flexible or pliant; stiff. Not moving; fixed.


 * Anguish ** —noun-- Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment


 * Fragrant ** —adjective-- Having a pleasant odor.


 * Illiterate ** —adjective-- Unable to read and write. Having little or no formal education


 * Stern ** —noun-- The rear part of a ship or boat


 * Peril ** —noun— Imminent, or immediate, danger. Exposure to the risk of harm or loss.


 * Silhouettes ** —noun-- A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.


 * Ordeal ** —noun-- A difficult or painful experience, especially one that severely tests character or endurance.


 * Accommodations ** —noun-- Room and board; lodgings.


 * Rapidly ** —adverb-- with rapid movements; quickly, speedily


 * Accomplice—noun— ** a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing


 * Remorseless ** —adjective—without remorse; cruel, ruthless, pitiless


 * Hearth ** —noun-- the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.


 * Custody ** —noun—keeping, guardianship, care of another


 * Revulsion ** —noun—a strong feeling of distaste or dislike