Week 27-28 Vocabulary and Spelling Words

Week 27-28 Vocabulary/Spelling Words

*Learn to spell and define these words.

*Vocabulary Test on Monday (Mar. 7) and Spelling Test on Thursday (Mar. 10)

*Words are from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, Ch. 5-7

1. sulky—moody, gloomy, dull

…Edmund had been feeling sick, and sulky, and annoyed…

2. sightseers—people who go about seeing places and things of interest

…parties of sightseers arrived and asked to see the house…

3. apologize—ask forgiveness for some fault or insult

“I apologize for not believing you,” he said…

4. wrenched—to pull or jerk with a violent twist

The door had been wrenched off its hinges and broken to bits.

5. treason—something done to harm your own government or ruler

…a charge of High Treason against her Imperial Majesty Jadis…

6. enchantment—a magic spell or charm

She has made an enchantment over the whole country…

7. dazzlingly—shining or reflecting brilliantly

…the snow all around them grew dazzlingly bright.

8. beckoned—signaled by a movement of the head or hand

…the Beaver…beckoned earnestly to them.

9. hoarse—making a harsh, low sound

…saying to them in a hoarse, throaty whisper…

10. modest—humble, not boastful

…he now had a sort of modest expression on his face…