Harry Potter: Chapters 15-17 Vocabulary

exasperation

a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance

alibi

an excuse, especially to avoid blame

hoisted

raise or pull up something

confiscated

take or seize (someone's property) with authority.

threshold

the doorway or section you cross to enter a room

seared

to burn something with intense heat; to feel intense pain

leering

to look in a mean way

loathed

to really not like something; to hate something

remorse

to regret doing something or feel guilty about it

sweltering

uncomfortably hot and humid