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will be able to use them on your Unit Vocabulary Test.
Word |
Page # |
Definition |
| antagonism | 27 |
actively expressed opposition or hostility |
| assimilate | 37 |
to take into the mind and thoroughly comprehend |
brilliant |
4 |
distinguished by unusual mental intelligence or alertness |
| crevice | 6 |
a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack |
| delinquent | 4 |
a person known for offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law |
| dilapidated | 34 |
decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| exclusive | 13 |
limiting or limited to possession, knowledge, control, or use by a single individual or group |
| inadvertent | 30 |
not focusing the mind on a matter; unintentional |
| prodigious | 11 |
extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree |
| tesseract | 21 |
the four-dimensional analogue of a cube (or five-dimensional) |
Definitions utilized from Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary based on use in A Wrinkle in Time .
by: Casey Jo Burrus © 2006
Bingham, Illinois
updated:
July 28, 2006
Cowden-Herrick Schools