Frindle Vocab Ch.10-11

phony means ...

• a small horse

• fake

• to call someone

• sweet

occasionally means ....

• sometimes

• often

• frequently

• right now

Match the word with the definition:
to move from side to side in an awkward way, sometimes because of nervousness, embarrassment, or pain

• squirm

• grin

• strain

• giggle

Match the word with the definition: To stretch, pull, or put pressure on something

• strain

• grin

• giggle

• squirm

Match the word with the definition: To smile a wide smile

• squirm

• grin

• giggle

• strain

Match the word with the definition: To laugh quietly, often at something silly.

• squirm

• grin

• giggle

• strain

merely means ....

• a coincidence

• happy

• only and nothing more

• recently

brief means ...

• lasting only a short time

• a letter

• shorts

• a way something is done

.... means to react too strongly.

Every student in the room was ____ to hear the conversation in the hallway.

• grinning

• straining

• giggling

• squirming