Vocabulary
Belle Prater’s Boy
By Ruth White
proclaimed
announced
The teacher proclaimed that therewould be quizzes every Friday.
privileged
fortunate, advantaged
The prince was born into a privileged livefull of wealth and love.
gawkyawkward, clumsy
Tim is a gawkychild who bumpsinto everything.
aggravateannoy
If you continue to aggravate thedog, he will bite you.
pitifulSorry, pathetic
The entire team lookedpitiful after they lost thegame.
sprawledspread out
Maya sprawled on her bed to relaxand watch television.
abruptlysuddenly, at once
quickly
The car in frontof me stoppedabruptly, so Ihad to quicklystop on thebrakes.
detecteddiscovered, noticed
I detected awonderful smellcoming from mygrandma’skitchen.