Boy in the Striped Pajamas Vocabulary

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muster

to call together or summons for inspection or to preform a task

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banister

handrail on a staircase

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wardrobe

a cabinet or small room for storing clothes

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ergo

therefore

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desolate

deserted or lifeless

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presume

to take for granted as true

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greengrocer

seller of fresh fruits and vegetables

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jumper

a loose, protective garment worn over clothes

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insolent

audaciously rude and disrespectful

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sinister

suggesting or threatening harm

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peckish

some what hungry

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sarcasm

a cutting remark or ridicule

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ginger

a person with red hair

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curtsy

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

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incumbent

imposed as an obligation or duty

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trousers

pant

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inconsolable

despondent

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18

lice

plural of louse, small, wingless biting or sucking insects

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smuggle

to bring a banned item into a country secretly

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brainwave

a sudden inspiration; also called brainstorm

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