Purple Hibiscus Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Across
- 2. to press your lips together and outwards because you are angry or are thinking.
- 3. tremble convulsively typically as a result of fear
- 5. showing luminous colours that seem to change when seen from different angles.
- 7. speak to someone in a taunting way
- 9. prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- 11. cover or fill (something) with an untidy collection of things.
- 13. covered with or characterized by grime
- 14. happening or moving quickly
- 17. fuzzy, unfocused
- 20. say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear.
- 22. live in or at a specific place
- 23. quickly remove sth or someone from it's place (danger or uncomfortable situation)
- 24. look or stare that shows no intelligence or interest
Down
- 1. not very bright
- 4. touch quickly and gently with the flat of the hand.
- 6. dictatorship
- 7. very full of people or things
- 8. a person's manner of walking.
- 10. violent confrontation
- 12. Wind or twist together
- 15. marked or shown in order to be very noticeable
- 16. press your teeth or accept difficult situation and deal with it
- 18. shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.
- 19. being obligatorily silent
- 21. to look larger or rounder than normal