The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Vocabulary 1-15

inquisitive

"Lucy felt a little frightened, but she felt very inquisitive and excited as well."

• an angry dispute

• given to questioning

• sadly

• be in a huff and display one's displeasure

row

"There's sure to be a row if we're heard talking here."

• angry dispute

• be in a huff and display one's displeasure

• control or power through legal authority

• showing your contempt (hatred) by derision (disrespect)

wretched

"...and she'll wave her wand over my beautiful cloven hoofs and turn them into horrid solid hoofs like a wretched horse's."

• showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt

• control or poser through legal authority

• deserving or inciting pity

• deliver to an enemy by treachery

sorrowfully

"It's no good now, you know, " said the Faun, laying down its flute and shaking its head at her very sorrowfully.

• informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

• having a preference, disposition, or tendency

• settle or come to rest

• in a sorrowful manner; sadly; full of sadness

batty

"'Batty!' said Edmund, tapping his head. 'Quite batty.'"

• informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

• showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt

• a jerky pulling movement

• having the pinkish glow of health

spiteful

"The two elder ones did this without meaning to do it, but Edmond could be spiteful, an don this occasion he was spiteful."

• given to questioning

• be in a huff and display one's displeasure

• deliver to an enemy by treachery

• showing malicious ill will and a desire to hut

sulk

"'Just like a girl,' said Edmund to himself, 'sulking somewhere, and won't accept an apology.'"

• be in a huff and display one's displeasure

• deserving or inciting pity

• the process of giving careful thought to something

• having the pinkish glow of health

dominion

"And how, pray, did you come to enter my dominions?"

• a jerky pulling movement

• control or power through legal authority

• an angry dispute

• the process of giving careful thought to something

flushed

"If I'd known you had got in I'd have waited for you," said Lucy, who was too happy and excited to notice how snappishly Edmund spoke or how flushed and strange his face was."

• showing your contempt by derision

• having a preference, disposition, or tendency

• having the pinkish glow of health

• settle or come to rest

jeering

"... what good do you thing you'll do by jeering and nagging at her one day and encouraging her the next?"

• having a preference, disposition, or tendency

• in a sorrowful manner; sadly; full of sadness

• deserving or inciting pity

• showing your contempt by derision