Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Week 4 Vocab

Vocabulary terms and definitions from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Week 4.

despair

the feeling that nothing will turn out well

pagoda

an Asian temple

humble

low or inferior in station or quality

pavilion

a large and often sumptuous tent

mosaic

design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass

implore

beg or call upon in supplication

scowl

frown with displeasure

malevolence

the quality of threatening evil

gash

a wound made by cutting

flustered

thrown into a state of agitated confusion

cower

show submission or fear

immense

unusually great in size

pathetic

inspiring mixed contempt and pity

feeble

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

jut

extend out or project in space

menacing

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

unison

the act of occurring together or simultaneously