Vocabulary 1
A flying insect that is related to a bee and capable of giving a painful sting.
What is (a) wasp?
A pleasing smell.
What is (an) aroma?
The narrator of the story.
Who is Steward Meade? (Stew Meat)
The object that can grant any wish.
What is the card with the red dot on it?
The ______ of the cake baking in the oven made me feel hungry.
What is aroma?
To fix a piece of clothing.
What is (to) mend?
Sad and abandoned.
What is forlorn?
Who is Polly Kemp?
The person who truly loves and cares for Rowena.
Who is Sam Waxman?
The yard was so dry and _______ that nothing would grow.
What is parched?
To walk or march steadily and usually with much effort.
What is (to) trudge?
A belief based on fear or the supernatural.
What is (a) superstition?
The person who wished for lots of water on the farm.
Who is Adam Fiske?
The person who pretends to care for Rowena so that her dad will buy lots of farm machinery.
Who is Henry Piper?
Many people believe the ______ that 13 is an unlucky number.
What is superstition?
A person or thing that tricks or deceives.
What is (a) humbug?
Hot and dry.
What is parched?
The person who wished for Henry Piper to put down roots in Coven Tree.
Who is Rowena Jervis.
The wish giver.
Who is Thaddeus Blinn?
The embroidery on this table cloth is _______.
What is exquisite?
A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture. Hint: Rhymes with “pumpkin”.
What is (a) bumpkin?
A bad situation.
What is (a) predicament?
The place where the children met Thaddeus Blinn.
What is the Church Social?
The sound Polly made under the wish giver’s spell.
What is jug-a-rum?
The people inside the burning building were in a dangerous _______.
what is predicament?