Vocabulary activity for Chapters 1 - 2 of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle!
Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.
Word Bank
antagonism
assimilate
brilliant
crevice
delinquent
dilapidated
exclusive
inadvertent
prodigious
tesseract
"Let's be exclusive," Charles Wallace said. "That's my new word for the day. Impressive, Isn't it?" "__________," Mrs. Murray said. "Meg, come let me see that bruise."
Crevices
Dilapidated
Assimilate
Prodigious
"You tell me, you see, sort of __________."
inadvertently
crevices
assimilate
brilliant
"Really, Meg, I don't understand how a child with parents as __________ as yours are supposed to be can be such a poor student."
exclusive
delinquent
brilliant
antagonistic
"I think I want to be __________ about her for a while."
exclusive
prodigious
brilliant
antagonistic
"Go on back to study hall. Try to be a little less __________. Maybe your work would improve if your general attitude were more tractable."
tesseract
delinquent
antagonistic
exlusive
He started off on his short legs towards the __________ old house.
assimilate
prodigious
dilapidated
brilliant
A __________, that's what I am, she thought grimly, -- That's what they'll be saying next.
tesseract
exclusive
delinquent
brilliant
"I need fuel so I can sort things out and __________ them properly."
assimilate
crevices
inadvertently
exclusive
Wind blew in the __________ about the window frame, in spite of the protection the storm sash was supposed to offer.
tesseract
crevices
dilapidated
prodigious
"Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a __________."