"The Bellwoods Game" Chapter 11 Vocabulary

preoccupied

• absorbed in thought
• distracted by noise
• focused on a task
• engaged in conversation

distinguish

• To identify similarities or common traits.
• To ignore differences and treat items as the same.
• To confuse or mislead about characteristics.
• To recognize differences or unique characteristics.

beckon

• to ask someone to leave
• to signal someone to come closer
• to push someone away
• to ignore someone's presence

jutted

• jutted is a synonym for jumped.
• jutted is the past tense of jut, meaning to extend out or project.
• jutted refers to a type of clothing.
• jutted is the present tense of jut.

pursuer

• A person who avoids something.
• A person who leads a group.
• A person who analyzes data.
• A person who looks for something.

a slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines around any suitable support.

• Tendrils

• fingers

• ghost

push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd.

• squeeze

• push aside
• jostle

• shove

a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.

• Connection
• Association
• Linkage
• Correlation

specter

• spectacle
• phantom
• illusion
• ghost

mucky

• dirty or muddy
• tidy
• clean
• neat