Vocabulary for Bridge to Terabithia
| Antonyms | |
| messy | 1. primly
(adverb) precise or proper; formal, neat, trim page 19 - They were sitting there primly dressed in their spring Sunday best. |
| peace calm order |
2.
pandemonium (noun) a place characterized by uproar and noise, chaos,
mayhem, bedlam, racket page 13 - So the students of Lark Creek Elementary sat at their desks all Friday, their hearts thumping with anticipation as they listened to the joyful pandemonium pouring out from the teachers' room. . . |
| attractive | 3.
repulsive (adjective) disgusting, tending to repel or drive off; causing
extreme, revolting, hideous, gross, vile, foul, stomach-turning page 23 - That noise is pure repulsive. |
| grief pain sorrow |
4.
consolation (noun) something that consoles or comforts in time of grief,
relief, solace, support page 29 - Jess knew now that he would never be the best runner of the fourth and fifth grades, and his only consolation was neither would Gary Fulcher. |
| 5. regicide
(noun) the killing of a king, one who kills a king page 52 - "Hey, girl, you kill the king of Terabithia, and you're in trouble." "Regicide," she said proudly. |
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| fact | 6.
speculation (noun) a conclusion, opinion or theory reached by speculating,
reflect or meditate on a given subject page 57 - This year Elli and Brenda both had boyfriends at the consolidated high school and the problem of what to give them and what to expect from them was cause of endless speculation and fights. |
| 7. dregs
(noun) the sediment of a liquid, the least desirable portion, trash, a small
amount, residue, remains, silt page 67 - Or maybe it was the time of year - the last dregs of winter spoiling the taste of everything. |
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| anxious | 8.
complacent (adjective) self satisfied, content, smugness, unworried, content page 79 - Jess was glad to escape to the shed and the complacent company of Miss Bessie. |
| regularly | 9.
sporadically (adverb) occurring at irregular intervals, having no pattern or
order, not widespread, intermittently, infrequently, periodically, from time
to time, once in a while, occasionally page 90 - The rain continued sporadically, so that by Wednesday the creek had swollen to the trunk of the crab apple and they were running through ankle-deep water to make their flight into Terabithia. |
| captured | 10.
liberated (verb) - to set free, to release, enlightened, freethinking,
open-minded p. 100 - I'm a liberated woman, Jess Aarons. |
| unconsciousness oblivion nothingness |
11.
consciousness ( state of being conscious, having an awareness of one's own
existence, capable of thought, realization, notice, perception page 106 - He was awake, jerked suddenly into consciousness in the black stillness of the house. |
| lose | 12.
retrieved (verb) to get back, regain, to put right, to find and carry back,
fetch, recover, repose, salvage, rescue, reclaim, take back page 115 - He went into the bedroom and felt under the mattress until he retrieved all his paper and the paints that Leslie had given him at Christmastime. |
| indifferent unfeeling merciless |
13.
piteously (adverb) - pathetic, compassionate, showing sorrow or grief of the
misfortune of another, pitifully, wretchedly, sadly, heartbreakingly page 119 - P. T. was left crying piteously on the other side. |