Number the Stars Vocabulary Ch. 5-6

arrogant, overbearing

• lanky

• imperious

• independent

• hoodlums

say or recite with a rise and fall of the pitch of the voice

• intoned

• stooped

• stubborn

• imperious

speaking quietly, barely audible

• civilized

• yell

• remind

• murmur

a holder for carrying a handgun or other firearm

• holstered

• stooped

• carry

• finacé

in a distraught way owing to fear, anxiety, or other emotion

• frigid

• skillful

• sloppy

• frantically

certain, sure, firm

• civilized

• complete

• unwavering

• holstered

hesitant, unsure

• tantalize

• technique

• tentatively

• taut

to change or twist out of shape

• distorted

• distant

• disgust

• distress

to spread out in all directions

• strident

• sprawling

• stooped

• stubborn

to dismiss, to find unacceptable

• sprawling

• scornfully

• punishment

• frantically