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- about
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- because
- believe
- clothes
- does
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- excited
- favorite
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- laugh
- piece
- reeive
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- terrible
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Kensuke’s Kingdom
Vocabulary - Chapters 4-8
- wary – on guard, watchful
- cacophony – loud confusing disagreeable sounds
- plaintive – mournful or melancholy
- scuttle (verb) – to move about or proceed hurriedly
- debris(n) – the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
- elongated(adj) – having more length than width
- impenetrable – permitting little if any light to pass through
- scree(n) – loose rocky parts at the base of a hill or mountain
- cavort (v)–play boisterously
- summit(n) – the top point of a mountain or hill
- surreptitious – marked by quiet, caution, and secrecy, taking pains to avoid being observed
- bereft – deprived of
- peter out (v) – come to an end
- canopy(n) – the upper green layer of the rainforest
- harangue – to deliver a loud, ranting speech
- placid(adj) – not easily irritated
- invigorate(v)
- raucous(adj) – unpleasantly loud and harsh
- despondent(adj) – having the feeling of extreme discouragement
- mellifluous – pleasing to the ear like soft music
- translucent(adj)
- regime(n) – a system or planned way of doing things
- benefactor(n) – a person who helps people
- inquisitive((adj) – showing curiosity
- gesticulate(v) – to make deliberate or vigorous gestures
- sinister(adj) – threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
- clamber(v) – climb awkwardly
- diminutive(adj)- very small
- nonchalantly(adv) – in a composed and unconcerned manner
- searing(adj) – intense or strong; extreme
- cauldron(n) – a large depression or pot
- rudimentary(n) – basic, crude, undeveloped
- flotsam(n) –wreckage of a ship or its cargo
- enunciate(v) – pronounce, or utter in a certain way