Number the Stars Vocabulary 1-6

a requirement that someone (usually a child) be home by a particular time

• stocky

• contempt

• curfew

• solemn

Ellen was described as being ______, meaning thick-set and, usually, short.

• obstinate

• stocky

• lanky

• solemn

tall and thin

• stocky

• lanky

• residential

• hoodlums

o damage or destroy on purpose

• stocky

• solemn

• sabotage

• obstinate

rough, violent criminals: thugs

• curfew

• hoodlums

• haughtily

• contempt

a feeling of disrespect or disapproval of something or someone

• sabotage

• obstinate

• lanky

• contempt

very serious and formal; sad

• solemn

• sabotage

• stocky

• contempt

containing mostly homes, instead of businesses/stores

• curfew

• haughtily

• residential

• hoodlums

stubborn

• stocky

• obstinate

• lanky

• haughtily

done in an excessively proud or boastful manner; acting as if one is better than others

• residential

• haughtily

• hoodlums

• curfew