Number the Stars Vocab. Ch. 7-9

quick and skillful

• deftly

• gnarled

• wispy

twisted

• wispy

• gnarled

• condescending

thin, slight

• wispy

• condescending

• mourners

a superior attitude toward others

• condescending

• mourners

• staccato

people who feel sorrow at the death of a loved one

• mourners

• staccato

• typhus

a series of short, sharply separated words or sounds

• staccato

• urging

• casket

infectious disease

• typhus

• urging

• casket

pushing or forcing along

• urging

• casket

• haze

coffin

• casket

• haze

• deftly

smoke, dust

• haze

• gnarled

• staccato