the secret garden vocabulary

Question 1

fretful

Answer 1

adj.
1. nervous and unable to relax
“a constant fretful stamping of hooves”
2. habitually complaining (whiny)

Question 2

shabby

Answer 2

The adjective shabby describes something that is threadbare or worn out. Your last apartment was clean, but the furniture and carpets were so shabby that you were embarrassed to invite your friends over.

Question 3

bungalow

Answer 3

n.
a small house with a single story(floor)

Question 4

impudent

Answer 4

An impudent person is bold, sassy, and shameless. If your teacher asks the class to open their textbooks, and you snap back, “Let’s not and say we did,” you’re being impudent.
“impudent blue eyes”

Question 5

cross

Answer 5

adj.
annoyed and irritable
having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

Question 6

desolate

Answer 6

If you feel alone, left out, and devastated, you feel desolate. A deserted, empty, depressing place can be desolate too.

Question 7

contrary

Answer 7

adj.
very opposed in nature or character or purpose

Question 8

to alter

Answer 8

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
make an alteration to
“This dress needs to be altered”\
“Children alter so much”

Question 9

marred

Answer 9

yorkshire word meaning spoiled and pettish

Question 10

pettish

Answer 10

adj.
If you stomp your foot angrily when the bakery is out of your favorite cupcake flavor, you’re acting pettish, or like a little kid who’s in a cranky mood.

Question 11

brisk

Answer 11

adj.
quick, lively, active and refreshing. There’s nothing like a brisk walk in the morning to get the blood flowing and the spirit ready for the day.

Question 12

moor

Answer 12

noun
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

verb
fasten a boat

Question 13

heather

Answer 13

Heather is a hearty flowering plant that’s common in many parts of the world but most famous for growing in the Scottish Highlands.

Question 14

vault

Answer 14

verb.
When you support yourself with your hands as you jump over some hurdle, you vault, just as a gymnast might do across a vault

noun.

Question 15

armor

Answer 15

The metal suit worn by knights as protection in battle is called armor. You can still see suits of armor in many museums today.

Question 16

vexed

Answer 16

causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed
If your family is having trouble coming to an agreement about where to go on vacation next summer, your holiday trip has become a vexed issue.
“a fexed child’

Question 17

swarm

Answer 17

A swarm is a good word for a large group of bees going on the attack — not good news. Like bees, any group of people or animals can be considered a swarm if they act together and quickly — even fiercely.
“On a hot day, when an ice-cream truck shows up, it’s usually greeted by a swarm of hot, hungry kids. People at a concert can be a swarm — and people in the swarm can be hurt, because there’s lots of pushing and shoving. When tickets for a popular movie go on sale, a swarm of people will swarm the theater. “

Question 18

pinafores

Answer 18

A little girl in a British novel might wear a pinafore — a white, apron-like garment worn over a dress — but you probably won’t see pinafores on the runways.

Question 19

coax

Answer 19

verb.
When you coax someone, you try to convince him gently, with pleasant words and maybe a little flattery. You’ll have to be patient, as you can’t rush someone you’re trying to coax.
“coax one’s pets”

Question 20

shrub

Answer 20

noun.
грмушка (баба мара)

Question 21

midst

Answer 21

Midst describes something that’s among, in the middle of, or surrounded by. After the school talent show, your principal said he didn’t know there were so many gifted singers in our midst.

“in the midst of the crowd”

Question 22

timid

Answer 22

adj.
showing fear and lack of confidence
Those who are timid often worry that things will go wrong: a timid eater orders bland food to avoid the possibility not liking the flavor of something new, just as a timid partygoer talks to people he already knows, afraid that he won’t be able to talk to strangers.

Question 23

fledgl(l)ing

Answer 23

A fledgling is a fuzzy baby bird just learning to fly, or someone (like a baby bird) who’s brand new at doing something,
adj. young and inexperienced.

Question 24

brood

Answer 24

A brood is a group of young born at the same time — like a brood of chicks — but your parents might use the word for you and your siblings: “We’re taking the whole brood to the movies tonight.”

Question 25

hearth

Answer 25

If you are warming yourself by the fireplace, you are sitting by the hearth. The noun hearth refers to a fireplace and the area around it.

Question 26

victuals

Answer 26

Victuals are anything that can be used as food. Even that plate of mystery meat that the lunch lady just gave you could be considered victuals.

Question 27

bewilderment

Answer 27

noun.
confusion resulting from failure to understand

Question 28

scorn

Answer 28

noun.
open disrespect for a person or thing

Question 29

indifference

Answer 29

noun.
the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things

Question 30

surly

Answer 30

adj.
unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation