Vocabulary - Tiger Boy- Chapter 6

What does 'courtyard' refer to?

• A playground

• An open space surrounded by buildings

• A type of garden

• A type of balcony

What does 'simmering' mean?

• Cooking just below the boiling point

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• boiling

• Eating eagerly

What is a 'bleat'?

• A method of searching

• A damaged object

• A type of storm

• The cry of a sheep or goat

What does 'slumped' describe?

• Sitting with a bent posture

• Walking in a stiff manner

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• Cooking at high temperatures

What does 'gnarled' mean?

• To enforce rules

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• Rough and twisted

• A type of pain

What does 'fitfully' indicate?

• Regular and steady

• Occurring intermittently

• A type of bag

• A large storm

What is a 'rickshaw'?

• A type of cooking method

• A method of searching

• a type of tricycle designed to carry passengers on a for-hire basis

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What does 'devouring' mean?

• abstain

• to eat something quickly because you are very hungry

• gobble up

• fasting

What is a 'cyclone'?

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• a violent wind that moves in a circle causing a storm

• monsoon

What does 'trudged' mean?

• To walk with slow, heavy steps

• To look away

• To say similar things at the same time

• To overturn