The Book Thief Vocab Words

Affable

Good-natured

Fanatical

Obsessed with a single idea

Trepidation

Nervousness or anxiousness

Auspicious

Favorable; foretelling good fortune

Canner

More clever or perceptive

Castigate

To reprimand or critcize

Deluge

A flood

Goaded

Prodded; pressure

Hasten

To be quick to do something

Nefarious

Wicked; evil

Raucous

Loud and disorderly

Relinquished

Gave up a hold on or claim to something

seethe

To be overwhelmed with anger

Strewn

Thrown about randomly

Trundle

To move slowly

Vehement

Intense; forceful

Admonish

To warn or reprimand

Decrepit

Old and worn

Flippant

Not serious; disrespectful

Melee

Disorderly mass of individuals, usually involved in a fight

Diabolical

Evil

Proffer

To offer or give

Reproach

Disapproval

Volatile

Unpredictable; changeable

Awry

Unusual; out of the ordinary

Bemused

Confused, puzzled

Capitulate

Surrendered

Emulate

To imitate or recreate

Gallantry

Polite and courageous behavior

Bellowed

Roared

Dour

Gloomy and depressing

Gratuitous

Uncalled for; unreasonable; unnecessary

Microcosm

A smaller version of the world

Perused

Read or examined carefully

Repugant

Offensive; distasteful

Incessantly

Without stopping

Din

A loud, unpleasant, and disordered noise

Futile

Hopeless

Opus

A masterpiece

Wayward

Movement that is irregular and unable to be predicted

Abject

Awful; miserable

Compulsory

Required

Perilous

Dangerous

Jostled

Tossed or bumped about in a rough matter

Semblance

The outward appearance

Detriment

A state of being harmed or disadvantaged

Insolent

Disrespectful