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Word |
Page # |
Definition |
| belligerent | 132 |
inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| bilious | 115 |
sickeningly unpleasant |
| bravado | 117 |
the quality or state of being foolhardy |
| connotation | 137 |
the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes |
| deviate | 143 |
to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| emanate | 143 |
to come out from a source |
| gallivant | 123 |
to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure |
| oblique | 123 |
not straightforward |
| pedantic | 139 |
narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned; unimaginative |
| unsubstantial | 115 |
lacking substance, firmness, or strength |
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