The Marble Champ Vocabulary

What does the highlighted word mean: She lay on her bed gazing at the shelf her father had made to hold her awards.

• Windy.

• Sadly.

• Crouched.

• Staring or looking intently.

What does the highlighted word mean: "I'll never be good at sports," she fumed one rainy day, when everything seemed bad.

• Causing a trance.

• Extremely tired.

• Raged or expressed anger.

• Floated or carried by wind.

What does the highlighted word mean: She hopped out of bed and rummaged through the closet until she found a can full of her brother's marbles.

• Moved on or forward.

• Sloppily searched a space.

• Hypnotized.

• Ruckus or disturbance.

What does the highlighted word mean: She groaned as she did her daily finger exercises to build her strength.

• Made a low mournful sound.

• Set up.

• Flat grey rock.

• Slight shaking

What does the highlighted word mean: By the end of her first set, her muscles burned from exhaustion.

• Sadly.

• Unwillingly, stubbornly.

• Extremely tired.

• Winner, recipient of a prize.

The marble had hypnotic swirls which seemed to move when she looked at it.

• Audience or bystanders.

• Causing a trance.

• Crouched.

• Supported or cheered for.

She used her milky agate to blast the other marbles out of the ring.

• Ruckus or disturbance.

• Sport similar to handball.

• Flat grey rock.

• Ornamental stone.

Reluctantly, Lupe raised her hand and flexed her thumb.

• Unwillingly, stubbornly.

• Sadly.

• Moved on or forward.

• Slight shaking.

Her father had been planning to play racquetball with a friend on Saturday.

• Crouched.

• Sport similar to handball.

• Group or organization that works together.

• Windy,

He squatted with one knee on the ground, waiting to see if his daughter would win the match.

• Crouched.

• Hypnotized.

• Set up.

• Moved on or forward.