Wolf Hollow Vocabulary Chapters 1-9

Keeping the secret was too heavy a __________ for Jonathan to carry.

• respite

• fanfare

• burden

• indifference

As the sunlight began to _______, it became difficult to read the map.

• reprieve

• furtive

• inflict

• wane

The __________ child kicked and screamed when he didn't get his way.

• dainty

• incorrigible

• tedious

• feverish

Although they used to be close friends, Sarah and Elizabeth now had a _________ relationship.

• contemptuous

• tedious

• dubious

• reprieve

Remembering her time in the mountains, Josie smiled and looked _______ over her shoulder before closing the car door.

• feverishly

• wistfully

• tediously

• sporadically

Michael felt _________ about his low grades; he didn't seem to care at all.

• indifferent

• dubious

• wistfully

• reprieve

Victor stole ___________ glances at Teresa as she ate lunch in the cafeteria.

• furtive

• inflicted

• dainty

• peevish

"Chew with your mouth closed, please," my sister said, ____________.

• peevishly

• wistfully

• sporadically

• furtively

You don't have an IXL lesson over fall break because you've earned a brief _______ by working so hard.

• respite

• fanfare

• wane

• burden

Betty used a small branch to ________ pain on Annabelle's hip.

• inflict

• respite

• incorrigible

• feverish