WeekFIVE: Number the Stars (Ch. 9 & 10) Vocabulary

showing or implying a gracious descent from dignity

• haze

• condescending

• mourners

• staccato

people who feel sorrow at the death of a loved one

• casket

• wispy

• mourners

• gnarled

pushing or forcing along

• typhus

• staccato

• deftly

• urging

a musical note played separately

• wispy

• condescending

• deftly

• staccato

quick and skillful

• haze

• casket

• deftly

• typhus

infectious disease

• typhus

• wispy

• haze

• urging

hearse

• hesitant, unwilling

• a vehicle that carries a casket

• twisted

• pushing or forcing along

hesitant, unwilling

• encased

• hearse

• deftly

• reluctantly

enclosed or covered

• typhus

• mourners

• encased

• gnarled

dimness

• not bright

• pushing or urging along

• quick and skillful

• smoke, dust