Vocab definitions
Vocab context clues
Christmas
Janice Avery
Terabithia
100
To get back at
What is revenge?
100
He nodded his head "energetically". Anything was better than promising to fight Janice Avery.
What is vigorously?
100
This is what Jesse buys May Belle to make her Christmas special.
What is a Barbie doll?
100
This is what Janice Avery steals from May Belle.
What is a Twinkie?
100
This is the name of Leslie's dog.
Who is Prince Terrien?
200
A deep red color.
What is crimson?
200
By the last week of school before the holiday, he was growing "hopeless".
What is desperate?
200
This is Jesse's biggest problem before Christmas.
What is he has no gift for Leslie?
200
This is what May Belle wants Jesse to do to Janice Avery.
What is beat her into a million pieces?
200
This is the job of Prince Terrien.
What is he is the guardian of Terabithia?
300
This is the killing of a king.
What is regicide?
300
There was hardly enough money to buy Christmas presents, let alone an "extra amount" to buy record albums or shirts for a pair of boys she'd never set eyes on.
What is surplus?
300
This is how Jesse solves his problem on what to buy Leslie for Christmas.
What is he gets her a puppy?
300
This is what Jesse and Leslie do to seek revenge on Janice Avery.
What is fooling her into believing a popular boy loved her?
300
Leslie thinks that Jesse is turning Prince Terrien into this.
What is a clown or court jester?
400
This means consideration or thought.
What is speculation?
400
Jesse hoped that he was an "abandoned infant" like in the stories.
What is foundling?
400
This is what Leslie buys Jesse for Christmas. (3 items)
What is watercolors, brushes, and a pad of thick art paper?
400
This is what Leslie tells Jesse to write as P.S. on the letter to make sure that Janice Avery will tell everyone else.
What is don't tell nobody?
400
This is why Jesse and Leslie created Terabithia.
What is to have a place of their own?
500
These are barriers.
What are parapets?
500
It would have been easier, but he couldn't escape the feeling that one must enter Terabithia only by the "designated" entrance.
What is prescribed?
500
This is the reason Jesse's dad is unhappy on Christmas morning.
What is a racing-car track that isn't running properly?
500
This is the boy who Jesse and Leslie signed the fake love letter from.
Who is Willard Hughes?
500
This is the prescribed entrance into Terabithia.
What is swing across the gully on a rope?
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