Number the Stars - Ch. 5-8 Vocab

domineering or powerful; dictatorial

• intoned

• imperious

• awe

• ruefully

to utter with a particular tone of voice (loud or soft)

• mourning

• specter

• intoned

• murmur

to speak in a low tone; whisper

• intoned

• murmur

• haze

• mourning

to walk with stiff or haughty strides

• stalk

• pranced

• imperious

• gesturing

unsure; uncertain; not positive

• imperious

• exasperation

• gnarled

• tentatively

the act of sorrowing over a person's death

• gnarled

• specter

• mourning

• haze

to be stretched or spread out

• pranced

• sprawling

• stalk

• appliqued

the state of being greatly irritated

• ruefully

• awe

• exasperation

• mourning

to spring from your legs like a horse; to skip

• pranced

• sprawling

• gesturing

• murmur

an overwhelming feeling of admiration

• imperious

• mourning

• exasperation

• awe