Tuck Everlasting Chapter 6-12

peculiar Page 38 Meaning- (adj) not usual; strange or odd Sentence- I think that it is very peculiar that my cat has two different colored eyes.

disarray Page 52 Meaning- (n) an untidy condition; disorder or confusion Sentence- My brother’s room was in such disarray that you could not even walk across the floor.

anguish Page 64 Meaning- (n) great suffering as from worry, grief, or pain; agony Sentence- This student was in anguish on the first day of school because he worried his mother would not return to get him.

numb Page 65 Meaning- (adj) not to feel, or feeling very little; deadened Sentence- He was so glad that his mouth was numb and he couldn’t feel what the dentist was doing.

perilous Page 50 Meaning- (adj) dangerous; risky Sentence- Walking across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope is perilous.