BELLE PRATER’S BOY VOCABULARY

Chapters 1-3

1. admonitions

A gentle or friendly criticism or warning

2. aggravate To irritate or annoy

3. atmosphere

The thin blanket of air that surrounds the earth

4. bewildered Cause to be confused emotionally

5. britches A slang word for pants

6. convergence

The act of moving towards each other and colliding

7. corpse The dead body of a human being

8. devilish Showing the cunning or wickedness typical of a devil

9. expression A way of showing how you feel by the look on your face or your body language

10. guffawing Laughing in a loud, rowdy way

11. holler A small valley between mountains

12. hysterics An attack of uncontrollable laughing or crying

13. Insinuations

A sly and subtle derogatory utterance

14. maggot The larva of certain flies

15. Mystic Something that is magical or mysterious

16. pokes A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer’s purchases

17. reception Converting electrical signals into sound or light

18. saturation

The act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid

19. tolerate To be able to put up with something

20. traipsing Walk or tramp about