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The Birds
birds Vocab
Question | Answer |
---|---|
placid | calm |
garish | too bright |
recounted | narrated |
sullen | gloomy |
furtively | stealthily |
imperative | urgent |
reconnaissance | exploratory in nature |
fretful | irritable |
scullery | a room where pots and pans are washed |
wireless | radio |
shingle | beach covered with worn gravel |
whist | a card game |
larder | pantry |
pilchards | small fish |
gramophone | record player |
paraffin | kerosene |
Primus | small portable stove |
pram | baby carriage |
gib | hesitate |
foreshadowing | author's hints about future events |