Harry Potter Ch. 16-17 Vocab

Vocab for chapters 16-17

31 flashcards · English · by Shane Bergman

1. To gather or move in a group

   Flocking

2. Any slender, flexible appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve to touch or grab

   Tentacles

3. A body of water with little depth

   Shallows

4. To lie hidden

   Lurking

5. The act of suspecting something or someone

   Suspicion

6. Suggesting hardness or strength

   Steeling

7. Done through excessive effort

   Strained

8. A sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction

   Spasm

9. Conducive to good health; sanitary

   Hygienic

10. To seize by authority; seized by way of penalty

    Confiscated

11. Being exactly that and nothing more or less

    Precisely

12. Synonyms: Banding, Swarming, Grouping

    Flocking

13. Antonyms: Dispersing, Scattering, Spreading

    Flocking

14. Synonyms: Feelers, Appendages,

    Tentacles

15. Synonyms: Shoals, Sandbank

    Shallows

16. Antonyms: Deeps, Abyss

    Shallows

17. Synonyms: Sneaking, Skulking

    Lurking

18. Antonyms: Reveal, Exposed

    Lurking

19. Synonyms: Inkling, Notion, Hunch

    Suspicion

20. Antonyms: Certainty, Trust

    Suspicion

21. Synonyms: Strengthen, Hardening

    Steeling

22. Antonyms: Unnerving, Cower, Flee

    Steeling

23. Synonyms: Tense, Struggle, Toil

    Strained

24. Antonyms: Relax, Rest, Soothed

    Strained

25. Synonyms: Fit, Twitch, Pang

    Spasm

26. Synonyms: Sanitary, Clean, Sterile

    Hygienic

27. Antonyms: Dirty, Unsanitary, Filthy

    Hygienic

28. Synonyms: Seized, Take, Capture

    Confiscated

29. Antonyms: Give, Return, Add

    Confiscated

30. Synonyms: Exactly, Accurately, Directly

    Precisely

31. Antonyms: Inaccurately, Vaguely, Approximately

    Precisely