Number the Stars Vocab Ch. 9-11

quickly and skillfully

• condescending

• dismayed

• deftly

• wryly

filled with dread; feeling anxious or afraid

• sulking

• dismayed

• condescending

• wail

the vehicle which carries the coffin at a funeral

• pick up truck

• limousine

• ambulance

• hearse

funny but in a serious situation

• recurring

• commotion

• wryly

• deftly

to walk in a heavy-footed way

• trudged

• sulking

• strode

• protruding

to be moodily silent; to pout

• wail

• sulking

• surge

• recurring

to cry or protest loudly

• surge

• trudged

• sulking

• wail

a condition that calls for immediate attention

• urgency

• typhus

• commotion

• staccato

to rise and fall actively

• staccato

• condescending

• recurring

• surge

to occur or appear again

• strode

• dismayed

• recurring

• surge