The Treasure of Lemon Brown Vocab

investigating, searching, exploring

• ajar

• commence

• tenements

• probing

with close attention

• gnarled

• commence

• tenements

• intently

to signal or attract

• beckon

• impromptu

• tentatively

• commence

menacing, threatening

• ominous

• eerie

• bad

to begin, to start

• beckon

• intently

• commence

• probing

twisted, misshapen, rugged appearance

• swirling

• tentatively

• gnarled

• commence

cautiously, hesitantly

• gnarled

• ominous

• tentatively

• commence

Because they did not have a key, they left the door __________ so that they could get back inside.

• ajar
• gnarled
• commence
• ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary term that best completes the statement.

If something looks or sounds _______, be careful, a threat or an unpleasant event is at hand.

• ominous

• ostracized

• obdurate

• brittle

The leaves were ___________ after falling off of the trees this fall.

• gnarled

• brittle

• ominous

• eerie