Wringer Vocabulary Chapters 1-12

The fear of something that is going to happen

• bellowed

• cackled

• dreaded

• tradition

To cry out in a loud, deep voice.

• marvel

• taunt

• bellowed

• cackled

To laugh or talk with a shrill, broken cry like the sound a hen makes after laying an egg.

• taunt

• smugly

• misery

• cackled

A young rowdy person who is apt to get in trouble.

• hoodlum

• Dylan

• marvel

• wringer

The most patient or mild in manner.

• meekest

• hoodlum

• tormentor

• cringed

The handing down of beliefs and customs from one generation to another.

• bellowed

• tradition

• meekest

• marvel

To be filled with wonder or astonishment.

• dreaded

• marvel

• careening

• hobbling

To mock with insults, to call out insults.

• taunt

• mean

• dreaded

• misery

to be completely or utterly confused, or cause someone else to become completely confused.

• wringer

• squeamish

• befuddled

• smugly

A person who causes another to suffer pain, worry or aggravation.

• misery

• wringer

• hobbling

• tormentor