Belle Prater’s Boy Vocabulary
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BELLE PRATER’S BOY VOCABULARY
Chapters 1-3
1. admonitions
A gentle or friendly criticism or warning
2. aggravate To irritate or annoy
3. atmosphere
The thin blanket of air that surrounds the earth
4. bewildered Cause to be confused emotionally
5. britches A slang word for pants
6. convergence
The act of moving towards each other and colliding
7. corpse The dead body of a human being
8. devilish Showing the cunning or wickedness typical of a devil
9. expression A way of showing how you feel by the look on your face or your body language
10. guffawing Laughing in a loud, rowdy way
11. holler A small valley between mountains
12. hysterics An attack of uncontrollable laughing or crying
13. Insinuations
A sly and subtle derogatory utterance
14. maggot The larva of certain flies
15. Mystic Something that is magical or mysterious
16. pokes A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer’s purchases
17. reception Converting electrical signals into sound or light
18. saturation
The act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
19. tolerate To be able to put up with something
20. traipsing Walk or tramp about