Bridge to Terabithia Vocabulary Chapter 1-3

"When you were the only boy smashed between four sisters, and the older two had despised you ever since you stopped letting them dress you up..."

• dutifully complying with commands

• look down with disdain or disgust

• different than usual

• throw away

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

She looked as if her mouth was set to say no, but instead she went off obediently to fetch his shirt.

• look down on with disdain or disgust

• throw or cast away

• dutifully complying with the commands of those in authority

• hold back to a later time

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

He thought later how peculiar it was that here was probably the biggest thing in life, and he had shrugged it off as nothing.

• markedly different from the usual

• saying one thing and doing something different

• spreading

• extreme confusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

May Belle jogged to the end of the row and picked up his T-shirt from where it had discarded.

• to agree

• different or not the same

• to look down on

• to throw or cast away

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

It was not the kind of best that counted either at school or at home, but it was a genuine kind of best.

• sincerely felt or expressed

• the act of spreading

• to hold back

• obvious to the eye and mind

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

...their hearts thumping with anticipation as they listened to the joyful pandemonium pouring out from the teacher' room...

• not true feelings

• to hold back

• extreme confusion and disorder

• obvious

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

It wouldn't help to try to defend Miss Edmunds against their unjust and hypocritical attacks.

• state of extreme confusion and disorder

• Professing feelings or virtues one does not have

• look down on with disgust

• throw away

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Ms. Myers handed out books almost as though she were President of the United States, dragging the distribution process out in senseless signings and ceremonies.

• to keep close

• to remain calm

• to express emotions

• the act of spreading

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

it occurred to Jess that she, too, wished to postpone regular school as long as possible.

• clear

• sincerely felt

• hold back to a later time

• different from the usual

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The 5th grade boys, bursting with new importance, ordered the fourth graders this way and smaller boys tried to include themselves without being conspicuous.

• obvious to the eye or mind

• to cast away

• to go along with without question

• to keep secret

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4