The Stranger

By Chris Van Allsburg

Key Vocabulary

1. autumn-

the season after summer

2. draft-a flow of air

3. etched-

made a design by

cutting lines

4. frost-very thin

covering of ice

5. mercury-silvery white metal used in thermometer

s

6. peculiar-

unusual, strange, or

odd

7. thermometer-

an instrument

that measures

temperature

8. timid-easily

frightened; shy

Additional Words

9. fascinated-

greatly interested

10. jammed-

pushed suddenly and

hard

11. hypnotized

put into a trance or

dazed condition

12. trembling-

shaking