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Bridge to Terabithia. Section 1 Vocabulary. cagey. Wary , careful, shrewd; uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information. . crouched. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey or in fear. . despised.
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Bridge to Terabithia Section 1 Vocabulary
cagey • Wary, careful, shrewd; uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.
crouched • To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey or in fear.
despised • to look down on
endure • To continue or carry on with something, despite obstacles or hardships. To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
Google-eyed • bulging or rolling eyes
grit • Collection of hard small materials, such as coarse dirt or ground rock. • A character trait that means to have courage, fearlessness, or guts. To clench your teeth
grits • Coarsely ground meal of dried and hulled corn kernels which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.
hypocritical • to claim you believe or feel about one thing, but do not; say one thing and do the opposite
muddled • To mix together, to mix up; to confuse
pandemonium • wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; chaos.
plunked • To throw or place heavily or abruptly
primly • to make prim, as in appearance; formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; • stiffly neat.
proverbial • of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a proverb; • “he kicked the proverbial bucket"; "the proverbial grasshopper"
pudgy • short and fat or thick: an infant's pudgy fingers.
thrashed • To beat with or as if with a flail, especially as a punishment; • To defeat utterly