Chapters 1-10 Vocabulary Boy in the Striped Pajamas

gather together or summon

• dismissive

• sputter

• muster

• desolate

to spit or squirt from the mouth with explosive sounds

• reverberate

• sputter

• muster

• forlorn

a place bleakly and depressingly empty or bare

• desolate

• foreseeable

• forlorn

• peckish

as far in the future as one can predict

• obliged

• conviction

• inscription

• foreseeable future

a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance

• commandant

• conviction

• inscription

• exasperation

words engraved as on a monument or in a book

• dispute

• exasperation

• conviction

• inscription

a firmly held belief or opinion

• inscription

• conviction

• diversion

• efficient

to give a smooth finish or appearance to: make glossy

• lacquered

• desolate

• sputter

• muster

having or showing a disdainful attitude toward someone or something regarded as unworthy of serious attention

• obliged

• dismissive

• sputter

• commotion

the limitation or control of someone or something

• reverberate

• efficiency

• conviction

• restriction