Stargirl Vocabulary List #1

ukulele

• Small, four-stringed instrument in the guitar family that was popularized in Hawaii
• An act that is intended to deceive or trick someone
• Made or shaped with or as if with a chisel
• The feeling that someone or something is not worthy of respect; scorn; disregard

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

marquee

• Roof-like structure with a sign that projects over an entrance to something
• The feeling that someone or something is not worthy of respect; scorn; disregard
• Abandoned or isolated without much hope of rescue ot escape
• Having or marked by intellectual quickness

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

disdain

• The feeling that someone or something is not worthy of respect; scorn; disregard
• Abandoned or isolated without much hope of rescue ot escape
• Made or shaped with or as if with a chisel
• An act that is intended to deceive or trick someone

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Variant

• a small guitar

• to stretch your neck to see

• things that differ from others of its kind

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

balking

• showing contempt or lack of respect

• things that differ from others of its kind

• a sign over the entrance to a public building

• refuse to continue

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

milling

• Moving about or around

• Massive, very great, very important

• examining closely

• stifled

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

yammering

• full of complaint; whiny

• vague

• ukulele

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

vague

• searching around

• constantly, always

• stretching your neck to see better

• not clear or specific

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

stifled

• examining closely

• someone who lives and thinks in a way which is different from other people [maverick]

• suppressed, kept back

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

nonconformist

• showing contempt or lack of respect

• smile or speaking in a contemptuous or mocking manner

• someone who lives and thinks in a way which is different from other people [maverick]

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4