Number the Stars Vocab

Impassive

• showing a lot of feeling or emotion

• giving no sign of feeling or emotion

• only showing a little emotion

• Cannot pass

Contempt

• lack of respect for or fear of something that is usually respected or feared

• Lack of appreciation for things you care about.

• a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

• pleasurable contemplation.

Errands

• a strong urge towards a particular way of life or career

• an important assignment given to a person or group of people

• a short trip taken to attend to some business often for another

• a difficult task

Intricate

• having many complexly interrelating parts or elements : Complicated

• uncomplicated and easy to do or understand.

• lacking special distinction

• Mixing two elements into one.

Unruly

• Clean and orderly

• peaceful and calm

• not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed

• amenable to dicsipline

Sarcastically

• in a way that arouses or deserves respect and approval.

• to show admiration or love

• the use of word the mean the literal meaning of what you are trying to say in order to insult someone.

• the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say especially in order to insult someone, to show irritation, or to be funny

Sophisticated

• having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience

• free from legal guilt or fault

• lacking craft or subtlety

• good and truthful : not lying, stealing, or cheating

Disdainfully

• showing or causing feelings of pleasure and enjoyment

• feeling or showing esteem and admiration

• full of or expressing contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior

• Unable to wash the drain.

Ration

• the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.

• An unlimited food allowance

• an amount that is much greater than what is necessary

• a food allowance for one day

Imperious

• befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments

• quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive.

• having or showing patience in spite of troubles

• not complaining; resigned