Nancy+Drew+-+Hardy+Boys+Vocab

Please place your name, vocabulary word and the definition here:

Sydney: perplex- confused or puzzled

Meagan: boudoir-a small room used as a dressing room for a woman

Devin: concede- to admit to be true

Charlotte: gibe- to make fun of; scoff; taunt; jeer

Katie: insinuate-to introduce gradually or in a subtle, indirect, or artful way

Austin: jalopy- a dilapidated old car or vehicle

Nick: estate- a property

Jimmy: guttural - relating to the throat

John: chaff - light, jesting talk

Elijah: scrutiny- a close examination or look over

Ryan: bona fide- genuine

Hayden: alias- a false name

Caitlyn: bequeath- to leave one's money, items of value, etc. to another person when one dies.

Ben: elicit - to draw forth

Sarah: sleuth- detective

Drew: motorist - a person who drives a motorized car

Major: confirm - to establish the truth

Kevin: stilts- a pair of tall poles each of which has a high step or a loop to raise the foot high off the ground in walking

Kellam: balk - refuse to go

Jake: pendulum - a body suspended from a fixed point so as to swing freely to and fro under the action of gravity

Hunter: stout - sturdy

Will: parchment - animal skin used as writing paper

Elizabeth: intricate- very complicated or detailed

Mallory: synthetic - a product of chemical synthesis

Caleigh: Puzzlement- a state of confusion

Reagen: embankment - a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadway, etc.

Molly: amateur - a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity

Rachel: unison- coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.

Thomas: brisk - refreshing