Whipping Boy Ch. 11-20 Vocab Quiz

to stop or block; to hesitate or refuse to proceed

• bluster

• bleak

• balk

• muddle

bare, dreary, or otherwise unfavorable

• notorious

• bleak

• balk

• gnarled

boldly defiant

• bluster

• humble

• notorious

• brazen

similar to a large cave in being hollow, deep, or dark

• dank

• billowing

• fathom

• cavernous

an official order or decision

• decree

• lark

• manacle

• dank

great joy

• balk

• tote

• elation

• derelict

to understand something after giving it a great deal of thought

• lurch

• fathom

• foliage

• mired

plant leaves

• foliage

• lark

• fathom

• muddle

bumpy, rough, and twisted

• lark

• mired

• lurch

• gnarled

simple or modest; describing a common person, not royalty

• humble

• imposter

• bleak

• scoff