"The Ghost"/ "Arithmetic" Vocabulary

relating to or based on or involving comparison

• comparative

• compilation

• country

• constitution

disciplined or punished

• chastened

• chore

• children

• choral

insufficient for the demand

• scarce

• scary

• scolded

• scented

causing great horror or fear; extremely unwell

• ghastly

• green

• gullible

• gherkin

hard to notice or see; not obvious

• subtle

• submarine

• substitute

• subterranean

take hold of suddenly and forcibly

• seized

• sized

• sensed

• searched

waving (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement

• brandishing

• branded

• brunt

• brought

causing shock or dismay; very bad or awful

• appalling

• appalachia

• apptitude

• appetizer

used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality of feeling is

• sheer

• shell

• sheet

• sheep