Bridge to Terabithia Chapter 5-9 Vocabulary

"Jess was glad to escape to the shed and the complacent company of Miss Bessie." What does the word complacent mean?

• shocked; speechless

• showy; tacky

• happy with how things are, not wanting to change

• castle walls

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

" 'I know she did, May Belle. And Jess and I are going to figure out a way to pay her back for it. Aren't we Jess?' He nodded vigorously. Anything was better than promising to fight Janice Avery." What does the word vigorously mean?

• done with great force and energy

• evil; foul; filthy

• required

• to defeat someone

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

"He didn’t mean it in a daring way, he was just dumbfounded by the idea of Leslie being scared." What does the word dumbfounded mean?

• happy with how things are, not wanting to change

• orphan

• shocked; speechless

• thinking; wondering

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

"Maybe, he thought, I was a foundling, like in the stories. Way back when the creek had water in it, I came floating down it in a wicker basket waterproofed with pitch." What does the word foundling mean?

• castle walls

• showy; tacky

• orphan

• evil; foul; filthy

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

"Next they got the old wallpaper off the living-room wall—all five garish layers of it." What does the word garish mean?

• done with great force and energy

• happy with how things are, not wanting to change

• evil; foul; filthy

• showy; tacky

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

"In his head he drew the shadowy castle with the tortured prince pacing the parapet." What does the word parapet mean?

• castle walls

• shocked; speechless

• to defeat someone

• thinking; wondering

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

"...but he couldn't escape the feeling that one must enter Terabithia only by the prescribed entrance." What does the word prescribed mean?

• orphan

• required

• evil; foul; filthy

• to defeat someone

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

“In the dim light he could see Leslie’s face freeze into its most queenly pose—the kind of expression she usually reserved for vanquished enemies.” What does the word vanquish mean?

• shocked; speechless

• done with great force and energy

• orphan

• to defeat someone

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

"This year Ellie and Brenda both had boyfriends at the consolidated high school and the problem of what to give them and what to expect from them was cause of endless speculation and fights." What does the word speculation mean?

• thinking; wondering

• evil; foul; filthy

• showy; tacky

• happy with how things are, not wanting to change

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4

"She looked for a word vile enough to describe Janice Avery's friends and found none." What does the word vile mean?

• happy with how things are, not wanting to change

• orphan

• evil; foul; filthy

• required

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.4