The Cricket in Times Square Vocab Ch. 1-3

scrounging

• the hind legs of an animal

• looking for scraps of food

murmured

• spoke softly

• in a cautious or careful way

pity

• listening to a private conversation

• feeling of sorrow or misfortune

subsided

• became less intense

• in a sad way

niche

• a shallow opening

• in a cautious or careful way

anxiously

• in a yearning or longing way

• in an anxious or nervous way

cautiously

• in a cautious or careful way

• in a mean or rude way

scornfully

• in a mean or rude way

• became less intense

eavesdropping

• feeling of sorrow or misfortune

• listening to a private conversation

haunches

• in a yearning or longing way

• the hind legs of an animal