The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Vocab #2

to signal, summon or direct by gesture of the head or hand

• mortar

• beckon

• threshold

• abide

materials or compounds for binding bricks, stones; plaster, cement, stucco, adhesive

• gloating

• strides

• mortar

• pavilion

the period during which a sovereign (king or queen) occupies the throne; rule, govern, control

• threshold

• beckon

• prophecy

• reign

the foretelling or prediction of what is to come; prediction, foretelling, insight

• prophecy

• self-indulgence

• crimson

• dazzling

to look at or think about with greatness, often smug or malicious, satisfaction, delighting, smirking, glorying, triumphing, reveling

• strides

• gloating

• reign

• crimson

the entrance to a house or building, doorsill, doorstep, doorway, entry

• mortar

• self-indulgence

• pavilion

• threshold

to put up with; tolerate, stand, bear, stomach, accept

• beckon

• prophecy

• abide

• dazzling

so bright as to blind someone temporarily, glaring, glittering, blazing

• dazzling

• gloating

• abide

• reign

indulging one's own desires, passions, whims

• mortar

• threshold

• self-indulgence

• crimson

a long step in walking; paces, treads

• gloating

• strides

• pavilion

• prophecy