Katieʼs Trunk
p.294...skittish....adjective....apt to start or shy like a horse; restless or excessively lively; uncertain
Antonyms: easy-going, laid-back, unworried
p. 296...hissed....verb.....an animal hissed (snake or cat); the crowd booed and hissed; the teakettle
hissed on the stove; to utter a sharp sound; an expression of disapproval, contempt, or dissatisfaction
p. 297...fierce...adjective....menacing wild, save, or hostile as in fierce animals; violent in force and
intensity as in fierce winds. Antonyms:gentle, kind, meek, nonviolent, peaceful, tame, tender,
unthreatening
p. 298...kin...noun; a personʼs relatives collectively; kinfold
p. 302....scolded...verb....to reprimand, reprove, or criticize harshly and usually angrily.
Antonyms: compliment, flatter, praise
p. 302....skirmish....noun....a fight between small bodies of troups that is brisk and quick.
p. 301....snatched....verb...grabbed, grasped, or seized
Antonyms: to give
p. 301....thudding.....verb. or noun...a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall; to strike or fall with a dull
sound of heavy impact.
skittish
p.294...skittish....adjective....apt to start or shy like a horse; restless or
excessively lively; uncertain
Antonyms:
unworried, easy-going,
laid-back, calm
hissed
p. 296...hissed....verb.....the crowd booed and hissed; the teakettle hissed on
the stove; to utter a sharp sound; an expression of disapproval, contempt, or
dissatisfaction
fierce
p. 297...fierce...adjective....menacing wild, save, or hostile as in fierce animals;
violent in force and intensity as in fierce winds.
Antonyms: gentle, nonviolent, peaceful, unthreatening
kin
p. 298...kin...noun;
a personʼs relatives
collectively; kinfolk
scolded
p. 302....scolded...verb....to reprimand, reprove, or criticize harshly and usually
angrily.
Antonyms: praise, flatter, compliment
skirmish
p. 302....skirmish....noun....a fight between small bodies of troups that is brisk
and quick.
snatched
p. 301....snatched....verb...grabbed, grasped, or seized
Antonyms: to give
thudding
p. 301....thudding.....verb. or noun...a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall; to
strike or fall with a dull sound of heavy impact.