Stargirl Vocab. 2

Leo was secretly elated to get a Valentine's card from Stargirl.

• in high spirits; exultantly proud and joyful

• confused beyond all reason

• upset by someone's actions or words

• irritated; annoyed

Stargirl was mortified when she got hit with a tomato.

• humored

• humidity

• humiliated

• hummed

The jurors did not suppress their feelings about Stargirl during Hot Seat.

• express in an angry manner

• crush; restrain; hold back

• reveal the truth about something or someone

• ignore or forget

Wayne Parr's ego makes him want to become a model.

• academic knowledge

• street smarts

• experience taking photographs

• sense of self

The inquisition of Stargirl's Hot Seat gets out of hand.

• tribunal; court of investigation

• length of time something takes

• joke about someone's past

• answer to many general questions

Many students are under the delusion that Stargirl is a fake student.

• correct response

• perfect solution

• false belief

• reasonable truth

Stargirl's cheering was subdued after students confronted her about it on Hot Seat.

• forgotten; lost; misplaced

• without hope for change

• superior to others

• controlled; diminished; held back

Leo is smitten by Stargirl, so he walks back and forth past her house.

• sick of

• curious about

• hard hit; strongly influenced

• sorry for; sympathetic

Stargirl tries to show Leo how to achieve serenity in the desert.

• sleep; rest

• calmness; peace

• insight; intelligence

• answers; solutions

The Mica students become raucous during basketball games.

• unpleasantly loud and harsh

• quiet and accepting of others

• repetitious and annoying

• carefree and uninterested