The Tiger Rising Vocabulary Ch. 1-13

What does the word "Astounded" mean?

• To walk or strut in a conceited way

• To overwhelm with amazement

• To cut, trim, or shape something

• Gloomy or dismal

Which word describes being "Boldly resistant or challenging to authority"?

• Defiantly

• Ignorant

• Gravelly

• Composed

What is the meaning of "Contagious"?

• Capable of spreading through contact

• Harsh and grating

• To cause to rise and fall with a swelling motion

• Lacking knowledge

Choose the correct definition for "Whittle."

• To make or form by combining things

• To cut, trim, or shape with a knife

• Boldly resistant

• To cause to rise and fall

What does "Sullen" mean?

• Capable of spreading

• Gloomy or dismal

• To overwhelm with amazement

• Harsh and grating

Harsh and grating

• heaving

• gravelly

• smooth

• silent

heaving

• to walk in a conceited way

• boldly resistant

• To cause to rise and fall with a swelling motion, as when 

        crying

• loud or harsh

lacking knowledge about a subject

• ignorant

• sullen

• composed

• swaggered

Choose a synonym for COMPOSED

• whisper

• answer

• build

• destroy

The girl ______ refused to answer any questions

• ignorant

• heaving

• happily

• defiantly