Tuck Everlasting Vocab Chapters 1-11

1.carved, decisively, exasperated, melancholy, spring

100

Choose the word that means sad.

exasperated      melancholy      carved

melancholy

200

a place where water wells up from an underground source

spring

300

cut or engraved to produce an object, a design or an inscription

carved

400

irritated or annoyed

exasperated

500

quickly, effectively, and confidently

decisively

2.brooch, galling, peered, self-depricating, tangent

100

Choose the word that means annoying.

tangent      self-depricating      galling

galling

200

an ornament that is fastened to clothing by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck

brooch

300

looked closely

peered

400

criticism of oneself

self-deprecation

500

a straight line or plane that touches a curve, but does not cross it

tangent

3.embankment, helter-skelter, instinct, googled, outrage

100

Choose the word that means anger or shock.

outrage            tangent       helter-skelter

outrage

200

the way people or animals naturally react or behave, without having to think or learn

instinct

300

stared with wide eyes

googled

400

a wall or earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area

embankment

500

hurried and disorganized

helter-skelter

4.fantastic, luxurious, peculiar, solemnly, tranquil,

100

Choose the word that means imaginative or far from reality.

tranquil      luxurious      fantastic

fantastic

200

strange, odd, or unusual

peculiar

300

elegant, extremely comfortable in a way that involves great expense

luxurious

400

calm

tranquil

500

in a formal and dignified manner

solemnly

5.ambled, harness, plaintively, shamelessly, stood

100

Choose the word that means without shame.

plaintively      harness      shamelessly

shamelessly

200

a set of straps and fittings by which a horse is fastened to a cart or plow

harness

300

maintained an upright position

stood

400

showing or expressing sorrow

plaintively

500

walked or moved at a slow pace

ambled