Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Vocabulary

Ruefully

• Full of regret
• Persuading in a gentle way
• Naughty or defiant
• Food shortage caused by dry weather

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Enthralled

• Naughty or defiant
• Full of regret
• Fascinated, Captivated, Spellbound
• Shortage of food caused by dry weather

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Protest

• Going along with: beside
• To show disagreement
• A local official who acts like a judge
• A feeling of frustration or annoyance

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Sparingly

• Not very much, scarcely
• Going along with, beside
• Totally occupied or absorbed in
• To show disagreement

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Bustling

• Waiting, pausing
• Flapping, thrashing
• Magnificence, Majesty
• Busy, active

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Flailing

• Representative, embassedor
• Flapping, thrashing
• Waiting, pausing
• Busy, active

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Hesitating

• Frantic, uncontrolled
• Waiting, pausing
• Magnificence, Majesty 
• Representative, ambassador

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Flaunting

• Carried away in secret
• Unaware of Something
• Sewed a design into a piece of cloth
• Showing off

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Scrutinizing

• Unaware of Something
• Carried away in secret
• Studying or looking at very closely
• Showing off

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Malevolence

• Huge, vast, enormous
• Dark cruelty, evil, hatefulness
• Empty, desolate, bleak
• Decorated with many pieces or patterns

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4