Vocabulary Words
Bud, Not Buddy (Chapters 1-4)
Language Arts
Mrs. Kelley
1. assurance: a promise
2. asthma: a lung disease in which breathing can become difficult
3. biology: the science of life and living organisms
4. brute: someone who behaves in a very cruel way
5. coldcocked: knocked someone unconscious
6. commence: begin, start, or go ahead
7. denied: did not allow
8. depression: a period of reduced business or force
9. devastators: ones who destroy or bring ruin to something
10. engagement: a job or period of employment, especially as a
performer
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glum: gloomy or sullen
ingratitude: lack of appreciation for help that has been given
lavatory: a room equipped with a toilet and sink
plagues: bothers or causes difficulties
provoked: stirred up or aroused feeling
revenge: to inflict punishment in return for injury or insult
squinching: drawing together or squinting
tolerate: allow to accept
urchins: small children who are badly dressed or behaved
vermin: small animals that give people diseases
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