Memory
Tricks
Tricks
If you get "CHASED and criticized," you have been this word.
What is chastised?
This 8-letter word means full of bad intentions or meanness.
What is spiteful?
A fancy and creepy vocabulary word for a dead body or a corpse.
What is a cadaver?
To think deeply or consider something thoughtfully—like sitting in a temple.
What is contemplate?
This is the Spanish word for butterfly, which takes center stage in the book's title.
What is Mariposa?
This word sounds like "more-a-POSER," which describes a fancy butterfly.
What is mariposa?
When the sisters get scolded or disciplined, they are being this.
What is chastised?
This word describes something falling apart, run-down, or in bad condition (like an old house or car).
What is dilapidated?
Being purposeful, solid, and absolutely determined to do something.
What is resolute?
The actual "problem or tough situation" the girls find themselves in.
What is a predicament?
This word sounds like a "bad" body lying there.
What is a cadaver?
This word describes a deep feeling of regret or guilt for doing something wrong.
What is remorse?
If something is dangerous, unstable, and uncertain, it is in this position.
What is precarious?
Having the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.
What is decisive?
This creepy object is what the sisters shockingly find floating in the swimming hole.
What is a cadaver?
You might use this word if you find yourself stuck in a "MINT jar."
What is a predicament?
To bounce around in an exaggerated, dramatic, or flailing way.
What is flounce?
To question someone aggressively or formally, like a detective would.
What is to interrogate?
The abbreviation ESP stands for Extra Sensory Power, which is also known as this "sense."
What is a sixth sense?
The girls' border trip is highly risky and dangerous, making their situation very much this.
What is precarious?
Think of a crazy, unpredictable dreamer like Don Quixote to remember this word.
What is quixotic?
A word for extreme, intense pain or suffering (mental or physical).
What is agonizing?
A word that means untidy, messy, or completely thrown out of order.
What is disheveled?
To deduce, conclude, or figure something out from evidence rather than explicit statements.
What is to infer?
Because the girls don't know the full story yet, they "presumed" things to be true, which is a synonym for this word meaning "supposed" or "assumed."
What is presumed?