Sarah, Plain & Tall Vocabulary Part I

not pretty or handsome; plain, unattractive, unpleasant, ordinary, unappealing

• homely

• cruel

• fogbound

• bedding

causing pain or suffering; painful punishing, unkind, mean, nasty, brutal, spiteful, heartless, ruthless

• cruel

• fogbound

• bedding

• suspenders

unable to move because of fog, or surrounded fog

• fogbound

• bedding

• suspenders

• windmill

material such as straw or wood chips used as a bed for animals

• bedding

• suspenders

• windmill

• conch

A pair of straps that hold trousers up. They are worn over the shoulders and attached to the trousers at the front and back of the waist.

• suspenders

• windmill

• conch

• velvet

A machine that uses energy from the wind to turn a large wheel. They are used to grind grain into flour, pump water, and make electricity.

• windmill

• conch

• velvet

• buzzard

a seas animal with a soft body and a large spiral shell

• conch

• velvet

• buzzard

• mound

A fine cloth made from silk, rayon, or cotton. It has a soft, fuzzy feel on one side.

• velvet

• buzzard

• mound

• homely

a very large bird with a hooked bill and sharp claws, American vulture

• buzzard

• mound

• homely

• cruel

a raised pile, heap, stack, mountain

• mound

• homely

• cruel

• fogbound