THHB Chapters 5-6 Vocabulary

to work out a plan

• contrive

• embark

• queue

• diminish

to decrease in size or range

• contrive

• gigantic

• diminish

• furrow

go on board (a ship)

• mangy

• muldering

• queue

• embark

a unit of length equal to 220 yards

• contrive

• furrow

• furlong

• gigantic

a pretend reason that hides the real reason

• contrive

• pretext

• furlong

• furrow

moving in a twisting fashion

• skulked

• diminish

• muldering

• writhing

a long shallow trench in the ground

• furrow

• furlong

• embark

• queue

exceedingly large

• mangy

• gigantic

• pretext

• diminish

affected with a skin disease causing itching or hair loss

• furrow

• muldering

• mangy

• writhing

to break down

• muldering

• mangy

• diminish

• queue