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Number the Stars Vocab for Chapters 9-13

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hearsea large car used to carry a dead body in a casket to a funeral
casketcoffin; a long box in which a dead person is buried or burned
mourninga time of feeling very sad because someone has died
lesseneddecreased; became smaller in size, amount, importance, or value
urgencythe feeling of being very important and needing to be dealt with immediately
condescendingshowing that you think other people are not as good or important as you are
extinguishedmade a fire stop burning or made a light stop shining
alertlyin a way that is always watching and noticing anything strange, unusual, etc.
glancedlooked quickly
protrudingsticking out from somewhere
commotionsudden noisy activity or arguing
trippedhit something with your foot while walking or running so that you fell or almost fell down
imitatingdoing something in exactly the same way as someone or something else
wincedto react to something by looking upset or moving slightly, especially when you are in pain or embarrassed
clumsymoving in an awkward way and tending to break things
drunkardsomeone who is drunk or often gets drunk
hobbleto walk with difficulty, taking small steps, usually because you are injured
groanto make a deep long sound because you are in pain or unhappy
cruelmaking someone suffer or feel unhappy
droppera short glass tube with a hollow rubber part at one end, used for measuring liquid in drops


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American River College

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