Bridge to Terabithia Vocabulary Chapter 1-3

"When you were the only boy smashed between four sisters, and the older two had despised you ever since you stopped letting them dress you up..."

• dutifully complying with commands

• look down with disdain or disgust

• different than usual

• throw away

She looked as if her mouth was set to say no, but instead she went off obediently to fetch his shirt.

• look down on with disdain or disgust

• throw or cast away

• dutifully complying with the commands of those in authority

• hold back to a later time

He thought later how peculiar it was that here was probably the biggest thing in life, and he had shrugged it off as nothing.

• markedly different from the usual

• saying one thing and doing something different

• spreading

• extreme confusion

May Belle jogged to the end of the row and picked up his T-shirt from where it had discarded.

• to agree

• different or not the same

• to look down on

• to throw or cast away

It was not the kind of best that counted either at school or at home, but it was a genuine kind of best.

• sincerely felt or expressed

• the act of spreading

• to hold back

• obvious to the eye and mind

...their hearts thumping with anticipation as they listened to the joyful pandemonium pouring out from the teacher' room...

• not true feelings

• to hold back

• extreme confusion and disorder

• obvious

It wouldn't help to try to defend Miss Edmunds against their unjust and hypocritical attacks.

• state of extreme confusion and disorder

• Professing feelings or virtues one does not have

• look down on with disgust

• throw away

Ms. Myers handed out books almost as though she were President of the United States, dragging the distribution process out in senseless signings and ceremonies.

• to keep close

• to remain calm

• to express emotions

• the act of spreading

it occurred to Jess that she, too, wished to postpone regular school as long as possible.

• clear

• sincerely felt

• hold back to a later time

• different from the usual

The 5th grade boys, bursting with new importance, ordered the fourth graders this way and smaller boys tried to include themselves without being conspicuous.

• obvious to the eye or mind

• to cast away

• to go along with without question

• to keep secret