Vocabulary
📖 First: Read Chapter 1 — The New Girl in your story book. Then come back here.
| Word | Type | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| retired | adjective | stopped working because of age | Dot is retired. She does not work now. |
| observant | adjective | good at noticing things | Emma is very observant. |
| curious | adjective | wanting to know and learn things | She is curious about everything. |
| Victorian | adjective | from the time of Queen Victoria (1837–1901) | Dot lives in a Victorian house. |
| fiction | noun | stories that are not real | Agatha Christie writes crime fiction. |
| judgmental | adjective | quick to form negative opinions | Marple looks at Emma in a judgmental way. |