The Great Kapok Tree Vocabulary

To calm or cause to sleep

• Lulled

• Waken

• Quiet

• Soothe

To trust or rely on

• Dappled

• Depend

• Doubt

• Hesitated

To dry up or wilt

• Lulled

• Murmur

• Wither

• Bloom

The uppermost trees or branches in a forest

• Canopy

• Shade

• Sunlight

• Covering

To make a soft, muffled, continuous sounds

• Whisper

• Murmur

• Roar

• Wither

having a pleasant smell

• Fawn

• Stench

• Stink

• Fragrant

To enjoy something very much

• Depend

• Dappled

• Consume

• Feast

Marked with spots or rounded patches

• Spotty

• Spotted

• Dappled

• Dotted

Wonderful, marvelous

• Wondrous

• Great

• Stunning

• Stupendous

To stop or pause because of not feeling sure

• Uncertain

• Hesitated

• Reluctant

• Delay