A Wrinkle in Time Ch. 5-8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 reverberated | echoing repeatedly |
| ominous | threatening |
| dimension | a measure of spatial extent, such as height, width, etc. |
| microbe | micoorganism |
| peril | danger |
| talisman | something with magical powers, a good luck charm |
| swivet | a state of nervous excitement |
| obliquely | slanting sharply, changing directions suddenly |
| diverting | amusing, entertaining |
| pinioned | restrained, held forcefully |
| dissolution | to break apart or cause to end |
| flanked | to put on each side of |
| bilious | sickly |
| anticlimax | something trivial or common, ordinary |
| arrogance | overbearing pride |
| tenacity | holding firmly to a belief or idea, stubborness |
| perspective | a mental view or outlook |
| propitious | favorable |
| bravado | a false show of bravery |
| connotations | ideas and meanings associated with a word or thing |
| pendantic | something hanging or swinging from side to side |
| emanate | to come from a source, to give off |
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