Vocabulary for The Perilous Road

Matching: Write the number of the correct definition in front of the word it describes.

_______pertness	1. To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment
_______bluff	2. To be necessary or proper, be expected, be fitting, be right, necessitate
_______plunder	3. A guard, especially a soldier posted at a given spot to prevent the passage of unauthorized persons; sentinel, patrol
_______retort	4. To meet or return (a blow) by another blow; respond to, set off, deal with, counteract
_______dire	5. Muddled confused, befuddled, bewildered, mixed up, punchy, rattled, shook, shook up, unglued
_______peril	6. Easily imposed on; submissive, docile, compliant
_______scalawag	7. To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over
_______grabble	8. Lacking strength; weak
_______sullen	9. To use or give great amounts of
_______meek	10. A roofed passage between two parts of a structure
_______flounder	11. Lacking substance, value, or basis; casual, hollow
_______sentry	12. Ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, troublemaker, rascal
_______counter	13. To cringe in fear, recoil, shy away
_______dogtrot	14. A tree branch, especially a large or main branch
_______reprove	15. To reinforce by adding material; strengthen, build up
_______boughs	16. Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky, glowering, gloomy, grim
_______addled	17. That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty
_______behoove	18. A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face
_______rouse	19. To feel around with the hands; grope, feel blindly, flounder
_______idle	20. To excite, as to anger or action; stir up, provoke, stir up
_______slathers	21. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous, awful, dreadful, horrible, grim
_______fortify	22. To voice or convey disapproval of; take to task, reprimand, scold, chide, reproach
_______balk	23. Deplorably bad or wretched, sorrowful, mournful
_______woeful	24. To reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
_______cower	25. To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance; struggle, thrash, wallow
_______feebly	26. To stop short and refuse to go on, shy away, drawl back
_______rolled	27. An inappropriate playfulness, sassiness, feistiness, mischief, liveliness
_______roiled	28. Imminent danger, threat, risk, hazard

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pertness - An inappropriate playfulness, sassiness, feistiness, mischief, liveliness
bluff - A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
plunder - That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty
retort - To reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner.
dire - Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous, awful, dreadful, horrible, grim
peril - Imminent danger, threat, risk, hazard
scalawag - ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, troublemaker, rascal
grabble - To feel around with the hands; grope, feel blindly, flounder
sullen - Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky, glowering, gloomy, grim
meek - Easily imposed on; submissive, docile, compliant
flounder - To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance; struggle, thrash, wallow
sentry - A guard, especially a soldier posted at a given spot to prevent the passage of unauthorized persons; sentinel, patrol
counter - To meet or return (a blow) by another blow; respond to, set off, deal with, counteract
dogtrot - A roofed passage between two parts of a structure.
reprove - To voice or convey disapproval of; take to task, reprimand, scold, chide, reproach
boughs - A tree branch, especially a large or main branch
addled - Muddled confused, befuddled, bewildered, mixed up, punchy, rattled, shook, shook up, unglued
behoove - To be necessary or proper, be expected, be fitting, be right, necessitate
rouse - To excite, as to anger or action; stir up, provoke, stir up
idle - Lacking substance, value, or basis; casual, hollow
slathers - To use or give great amounts of
fortify - To reinforce by adding material; strengthen, build up
balk - To stop short and refuse to go on, shy away, drawl back
woeful - Deplorably bad or wretched, sorrowful, mournful
cower - To cringe in fear, recoil, shy away
feebly - Lacking strength; weak
rolled - To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over
roiled - To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment