Ghost Boys Vocab #1-3

They held the __________ hearing to determine whether or not the man would stand trial.

• preliminary

• clammy

• hysterical

• flutters

The giant truck caused dust and _________ to fill the air.

• wailing

• debris

• premonition

• pudgy

Use short ________ strokes, avoiding the corner of the eye.

• vestibule

• wispy

• whimper

• superstitious

They obviously sensed that it would be _________ to tease Simon.

• perilous

• premonition

• debris

• optimism

The loudest sound in the crowd was my mother __________.

• perilous

• optimism

• pudgy

• wailing

His head was very ________ from the forceps delivery.

• wispy

• vestibule

• misshapen

• whimper

My sister was _______ when she got lost at the beach.

• hysterical

• flutters

• clammy

• contradicting

The witness was __________ his story when the lawyer questioned him.

• flutters

• contradicting

• hysterical

• clammy

He put his ________ arm around Harry’s shoulders.

• debris

• premonition

• pudgy

• wailing

She might “sense” the disaster, or have a _________.

• premonition

• perilous

• optimism

• debris