Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Egypt Game- Vocabulary

Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Janitor - person who looks after a building (pg 59, p 1)
Ambushed - to be attacked / surprised (pg 60, p 3)
Sympathy - to feel sorry for something / someone (pg 60, p 3)
Exasperated - frustrated / feed up  (pg 60, p 7)
Faded - less colour, more dull (pg 63, p 3)
Ivory - Elephant tusks / very white (pg 63, p 6)
Convincing - persuade, get somebody to do something (pg 64, p 1)
Admiring - to say something nice the way you think it(pg 67, p 2)
Languishing - to lose energy or strength (pg 68, p 4)
Victim - to get hurt or tricked or cheated  (pg 68, p 5)
Clamored - a very loud sound (pg 69, p 5)
Romour - something pass from one person to another (pg 69, p 6)
Innecent -  guilty(pg 73, p 2)
Chaperons - a person who is older (pg 81, p 2) 

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