Reading Vocab 01/31/2011

  1. bewilderment
    be-wild-er-ment

    • -a confusing maze or tangle, as of objects or conditions
    • -puzzled
    • -baffled
  2. discouraged
    dis-cou-raged

    • -to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence
    • -dishearten
    • -dispirit
    • -to dissuade
  3. possessions
    pos-ses-sions

    • -control over oneself, one's mind, etc.
    • -the act or fact of possessing
    • -the state of being possessed
  4. exertions
    e-xer-tions

    • -vigorous action or effort
    • -an effort
    • -exercise, as of power or faculties
    • -struggle
    • -attempt
  5. neglect
    ne-glect

    • -to pay no attention or too little attention to
    • -to fail to carry out or perform
    • -to fail to take or use
    • -to dismiss
  6. idiosyncrasy
    i-di-o-syn-cra-sy

    • -the characteristics of the way someone thinks or behaves
    • -a characteristic, habit, mannerism
    • -the physical constitution peculiar to an individual
    • -peculiarity
    • -quirk
  7. proceed
    pro-ceed

    • -to continue
    • -to move or go forward or onward
    • -to carry on or continue any action or process
    • -to go on to do something
    • -to continue one's course
Author
GRIZELLE
ID
63538
Card Set
Reading Vocab 01/31/2011
Description
Charlotte's Web (Chapters 10 - 12)
Updated