Ch. 13-16 Boy in the Striped Pajamas Vocabulary

to say that something is not true

• dilemma

• sarcastic

• cowardly

• deny

an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust or pain

• seething

• grimace

• plead

• torrent

sad beyond comforting

• persist

• inconsolable

• crucial

• grimace

become smaller or lose substance

• catastrophe

• incumbent

• sarcastic

• dwindle

lacking courage

• cowardly

• seething

• inconsolable

• deny

appeal or request earnestly

• regret

• incumbent

• plead

• crucial

in constant agitation

• seething

• dilemma

• persist

• grimace

expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

• cowardly

• dilemma

• torrent

• sarcastic

of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis

• crucial

• plead

• persist

• seething

state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options

• regret

• inconsolable

• dilemma

• dwindle