Name ______
Wringer Vocabulary List 2 Chapters 13-22
Learn to read, spell and define these words for quiz on ______.
crimson (69) a deep red. A crimson sun fell below the rooftops and the town went to sleep.
company (71) companionship, friendship, being with someone.
This is just what Palmer needed--to be seen in the company of a pigeon.
volleys (73) Throwing a bunch of things at one time; bullets, stones, snowballs. They fired volleys of snowballs at poor Dorothy.
restraint (73) holding back
Palmer fired snowballs at Dorothy without restraint.
spewing (80) to throw out or up; eject; vomit. The old diesel truck spewed thick black smoke from the exhaust pipe.
gesture (80) a movement of the body to express a thought or feeling. Palmer made a gesture of patience with his hands.
ambled (83) to walk at a slow, relaxed pace. The pigeon ambled across the bookcase like he owned the place.
bounded (36) to jump, spring, or leap. Tigger bounded down the stairs, hungry for dinner.
casually (85) relaxed, not serious, acting like something is not that important. He tried to say it casually, in his best no-big-deal voice.
mature (866) to be and act fully-grown. “I’m mature for my age, “ Palmer told his mom when she kidded him about wanting privacy.
coaxed (89) persuaded, talked into doing something. Palmer put the food on the roof and the pigeon did not have to be coaxed to go outside.
nip (92) a small pinching bite. Each morning the pigeon would nip his earlobe to wake him up.
roosting (90) to rest or sleep, especially birds. The pigeon liked roosting in Palmer’s closet on the shoebox full of tin soldiers.
gizzard (90) the second part of a bird’s stomach in which the food is finely ground up. The gravel a bird eats goes to the gizzard to help in grinding its food.
nooks and crannies (90) a small corner or sheltered place, like a crack. Pigeons used to live in the nooks and crannies of high rocky cliffs.
trespass (96) to enter the property of another without permission or illegally. Palmer wanted to tell Beans not to trespass into his room, but he knew that Beans would not listen.
spectator (111) a person who watches but does not take part. Palmer was a spectator to Bean’s daily taunting of Dorothy.
silhouette (113) the outline or figure of an object filled in with black. Nipper’s shadow was a dark silhouette on the golden shade.
smoldered (111) showed hidden or pent up anger; burning up inside with anger. Beans smoldered when he could not get Dorothy to react when he tree-stumped her and threw her hat across the street.