~Word Study Test is Friday. To ensure that everyone has enough time to prepare, we will take the test on Friday.
1. relocate (v.)- to move from one place to another
2. mock (v.)- to tease; make fun of; mimic
3. dismay (v. or n) distress; sadness caused by something unexpected
4. hearse (n.) - wagon or car to carry coffins to the grave
5. mourning (v.) - state of great sadness after a death or tragedy.
6. reluctantly (adv.) - to do in a way that shows you do not want to
7. staccato (adj.)- a word to describe a loud sound that is heard above everything else.
8. condescending (adj.)- to talk down to; in an insulting way
9. encased (v.)- enclosed; inside of something else
10. commotion (n.) - a whole lot of noise and nonsense that distracts
Bonus: Kattegat - Baltic Sea
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