Vocabulary Chapters 13-18 ALWTW

   plagued

• to trouble, to cause suffering

• to celebrate joyfully

• to ignore completely

• to assist in success

      astounding

• shocking, surprising

• boring, dull

• ordinary, common

• predictable, expected

 scything

• to cut something using a tool called a scythe

• to plant seeds in the ground

• to harvest crops using a machine

• to trim branches from a tree

 marvel

• to be confused, puzzled, baffled

• to be amazed, surprised, astonished

• to be bored, uninterested, indifferent

• to be angry, upset, annoyed

 riddled

• filled with something unpleasant

• completely empty

• filled with joy

• partially filled with water

 aloft

• In the air, up above

• On the ground

• Underwater

• In a building

 dreadful

• terrible, horrible, awful

• pleasant, enjoyable, delightful

• mediocre, average, fair

• wonderful, fantastic, superb

  contaminated 

• polluted

• clean

• safe

• fresh

 assumed

• to think something is true without proof, to suppose

• to reject something as false

• to analyze something critically

• to believe something without question

 frantic

• full of calm, relaxed

• full of panic, full of fear, anxious

• full of joy, cheerful

• full of indifference, unconcerned