Boy Overboard - Vocabulary

If you are annoyed and angry about something you see as unfair, you are

• indignant

• bemused

• contemptuous

• persecuted

An angry or bad-tempered facial expression is a

• murmur

• scowl

• smirk

• landmine

A noisy, happy laugh is a

• chortle

• smirk

• scowl

• groan

Someone who does not have an arm or a leg is an

• ancestor

• asylum seeker

• unaccompanied minor

• amputee

If you are bemused, you are

• blissful

• puzzled or confused

• indignant

• in anguish

When he was kicked by the pirate, Jamal twisted back and forth violently in pain.

Jamal __________ .

• squabbled

• scowled

• murmured

• writhed

A blissful experience is a time when you are

• extremely happy

• extremely angry

• sad

• puzzled

Two correct answers here!

If children squabble, they _______

• argue

• quarrel

• play

• learn something new

If you smile in an unpleasant way, you

• scowl

• flounder

• smirk

• squabble

If you are contemptuous of (or have contempt for) someone, you feel

• high respect

• strong dislike and disrespect

• afraid

• pity