The Watsons Go to Birmingham Chapters 4-6 Vocabulary

to squeeze or crunch

• hold
• scrunch
• slitty
• sniggled

mechanical device designed to emit a long, controllable stream of fire

• reinforcements
• emulate
• flamethrower
• peon

questionable; suspicious

• fishy
• curious
• hypnotized
• traitor

possessing advanced emotional development

• mature
• incapable
• punctual
• slitty

mesmerized; in a trance

• cockeyed
• infect
• appreciated
• hypnotized

containing a thin, narrow cut or opening

• scrunch
• slitty
• sniggled
• disgusting

person of low social status

• hilarious
• raggedy
• peon
• welfare

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

financial assistance given to an individual or family by the government

• peon
• reinforcements
• welfare
• emulate

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

someone who betrays the trust of another person

• infect
• incapable
• fishy
• traitor

broke in on a conversation or activity

• infect
• hilarious
• hypnotized
• interrupted