The Whipping Boy Vocabulary
- abducticated - kidnapped
- account - details
- anxious - nervous
- bonfire - a big fire
- copper - coin/money
- grub - slang for food
- knockabout - rowdy, being crazy
- toting - carrying
- momentary - quick
- murmured - speaking softly
- cove - used as a noun meaning "a boy"
- contrast - to see what's different, comparing and contrasting
- lingered - stayed around
- approach - to come towards
- powdered wigs – worn by men for fashion-high class
clasped-grabbed
scalped-hair taken off
furious-very mad
forbidden –not allowed
cuff –fold of sleeve or pants
chamber – a room in a palace
roused – to stir to anger or to wake up
defiantly – boldly resisting
humbled – modest, not proud
contrite –feels guilty
exasperation - annoyed
gloat - brag
obliged – something you have to do
ferrets – type of polecat
fiddle-faddled- to mess around, use time poorly
spectacles - glasses
reckoned –to depend on
smirking – a sly smile
contrary – stubborn or the opposite
rascal - mischievous
spite – to harm