Vocabulary for A Wrinkle in Time

Question 1

wraithlike

Answer 1

ghostlike

Question 2

delinquent

Answer 2

(typically of a young person or that person’s behavior) showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime.

Question 3

tramp

Answer 3

a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar. (Homeless person)

Question 4

prodigious

Answer 4

remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

Question 5

frivoling

Answer 5

not having any serious purpose or value.

Question 6

belligerent

Answer 6

hostile and aggressive.

Question 7

antagonistic

Answer 7

showing or feeling active opposition or hostility toward someone or something.

Question 8

tractable

Answer 8

(of a person) easy to control or influence.

Question 9

sagely

Answer 9

in a profoundly wise manner.

Question 10

spectacles

Answer 10

another term for glasses.

Question 11

dubiously

Answer 11

with hesitation or doubt.

Question 12

autumnal

Answer 12

of, characteristic of, or occurring in autumn.

Question 13

tangible

Answer 13

perceptible by touch.

Question 14

plaintively

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expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.

Question 15

deft

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neatly skillful and quick in one’s movements.

Question 16

corporeal

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relating to a person’s body, especially as opposed to their spirit.

Question 17

inexorable

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impossible to stop or prevent.

Question 18

ephemeral

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lasting for a very short time.

Question 19

monoliths

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a large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument.

Question 20

corona

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a part of the body resembling or likened to a crown.

Question 21

nondescript

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lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics.

Question 22

slaglike

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Resembling or characteristic of slag.

Question 23

mauve

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a pale purple color.

Question 24

sonorous

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(of a person’s voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full.

Question 25

chiding

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full of rebuke; critical.

Question 26

myopic

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nearsighted

Question 27

propitious

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giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable.

Question 28

resilience

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the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

Question 29

bilious

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affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting.

Question 30

bravado

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a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.

Question 31

diverting

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entertaining or amusing.

Question 32

dogged

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having or showing tenacity and grim persistence.

Question 33

tenacity

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the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip.

Question 34

hysterical

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deriving from or affected by uncontrolled extreme emotion.

Question 35

enlightened

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having or showing a rational, modern, and well-informed outlook.

Question 36

sadist

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a person who derives pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain or humiliation on others.

Question 37

translucent

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(of a substance) allowing light, but not detailed shapes, to pass through; semitransparent.

Question 38

transparent

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(of a material or article) allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.

Question 39

dais

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a low platform for a lectern, seats of honor, or a throne.

Question 40

omnipotent

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(of a deity) having unlimited power; able to do anything.

Question 41

systole

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the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries.

Question 42

diastole

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the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood.

Question 43

miasma

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a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor.

Question 44

assuaged

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make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

Question 45

opaque

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not able to be seen through; not transparent.

Question 46

temporal

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relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.

Question 47

eternal

Answer 47

lasting or existing forever; without end or beginning.