bestow
- to present as a gift or an honor, grant, bequeath, donate, impart, giveVocabulary for Ella Enchanted
bestow
- to present as a gift or an honor, grant, bequeath, donate, impart, give
bestow - Page 3 - She meant to bestow a gift.
tarry - to delay or be late in going, coming, or doing, dally, delay, drag,
dwell, goof around, hang around, lag, linger, lose time, monkey around, pause,
procrastinate, put off, stall, stay, stick around, stop over, wait
tarry - Page 28 - "Best not tarry, little mistress," Bertha said.
menagerie - a collection of live wild animals on exhibition
menagerie - Page 49 - On our way out of the menagerie, Char said, "Tonight I shall triple the guard around the ogres. And soon I shall catch a centaur and give it to you."
succumb - to submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming
desire; give up or give in, surrender
succumb - Page 66 - If I didn't succumb to starvation, I would be here for a long time, with hateful mistresses and with Hattie ordering me about.
ravenous -
extremely hungry, famished, starving
ravenous - I was surprised I could eat, but I was ravenous.
toil - to
labor continuously; work strenuously, work hard, plug away, toil
toil - Page 113 - "Is Char a 'toiling prince'?"
Page 119 - "Toiling knights are also diplomats," I said.
irrefutable -
impossible to refute or disprove; incontrovertible, unquestionable, convincing,
certain, convincing, undeniable
irrefutable - Page 137 - "Your logic is irrefutable, although its foundation isn't sound" Father smiled.
obstinate -
Difficult to manage, control, or subdue, determined, stubborn, fixed, pigheaded,
inflexible, adamant
obstinate - Page 166 - "Are you certain you want her, if she's so obstinate?"
absurdity -
Ridiculously inappropriate or unreasonable, irrationality, silliness,
ludicrousness, meaninglessness
absurdity - When Hattie told me that this earl or that duke loved her, I laughed over the absurdity of it to him.
interrogate -
To examine by questioning formally or officially, interview, cross-examine,
quiz, grill
interrogate - Page 217 - She proceeded to pump me about my family and circumstances, pressing me until I said, "I hadn't thought it was the custom here to interrogate visitors."