Flora and Ulysses Vocabulary

something hideous or frightful

• ajar

• monstrosity

• lurch

• inanimate

to move forward suddenly

• lurch

• ajar

• nemesis

• meld

something or someone that causes misery or death

• heinous

• humdrum

• threshold

• nemesis

having a secret or hidden meaning

• cryptic

• smug

• eradicate

• ominous

showing warm and sincere friendliness

• ajar

• meld

• hearty

• inanimate

dull, lacking excitement

• smug

• humdrum

• disdain

• cryptic

to mix or become mixed together

• lurch

• inanimate

• meld

• smug

feeling overly confident, having excessive pride in oneself

• smug

• disdain

• humdrum

• heinous

giving off a feeling of upcoming evil or disaster

• disdain

• inanimate

• threshold

• ominous

not alive

• monstrosity

• inanimate

• meld

• ominous