The Book Thief Vocab

affable

friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to

castigate

(v.) to punish severely; to criticize severely

auspicious

favorable; fortunate

dutiful

(adj.) - careful to fulfill obligations

flippant

(adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

capitulate

(v.) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel

diminutive

(adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type

innocuous

(adj.) harmless, inoffensive; insignificant

hiatus

(n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

despondently

in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

vulgarity

the quality of lacking taste and refinement

forlornly

looking pitiful, desperate or hopeless

morose

having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable

trepidation

(n.) fear, fright, trembling

sporadic

(adj.) occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order

calamity

disaster

nefarious

extremely wicked

fervently

very enthusiastically or passionately

microcosm

a miniature world or universe; a group or system viewed as the model of a larger group or system

transgressor

a person who breaks a law or moral code