The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Vocab Test

Just the Vocab

Muster

To call together or summons for inspection or to perform a mission

Banister

Handrail on a staircase

Wardrobe

Cabinet or small room for storing clothing

Ergo

Therefore

Desolate

Deserted, lifeless

Presume

To take for granted as true

Greengrocer

Seller of fresh fruits and vegetables

Jumper

A loose, protective garment worn over clothes

Insolent

audaciously rude and disrespectful

Sinister

Suggesting or threatening harm

Peckish

Somewhat hungry

Sarcasm

A cutting remark, ridicule

Ginger

A person with red hai

Inconsolable

Despondent

Curtsy

Gesture of respect, usually made by women, involving bending knees, with one foot forward and lowering the body

Incumbent

Imposed as an obligation or duty

Trousers

pants

Lice

Plural of louse. Small, wingless biting or sucking insects

Smuggle

To bring a band item into a country secretly

Brainwave

A sudden inspiration; also called brainstorm