Number the Stars Vocab Ch. 7-12

Fill in the blank: She looked at the old photograph with a ________ expression, remembering the days gone by.

• gingerly

• wistful

• grimace

• omen

Which word means "to look at something in an amazed way"?

• gawk

• alliance

• quest

• hovering

Fill in the blank: The students listened ________ as the principal spoke about the school’s history.

• skeptically

• reverently

• bewildered

• hastily

Which word is a synonym for "carefully"?

• gingerly

• humiliate

• omen

• sauntering

Fill in the blank: The scientist was ________ by the strange results of the experiment.

• intrigued

• alliance

• grimace

• quest

Which word means "to walk in a slow, relaxed way"?

• sauntering

• hovering

• hastily

• skeptically

Fill in the blank: The group formed an ________ to complete the project together.

• omen

• alliance

• grimace

• gawk

Which word means "a sign of something about to happen"?

• quest

• omen

• bewildered

• reverently

Fill in the blank: He answered the question ________, not sure if the information was correct.

• skeptically

• gingerly

• hovering

• humiliate

Which word is a synonym for "embarrass deeply"?

• humiliate

• sauntering

• intrigued

• omen