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Vocab (list3)
A Wrinkle in Time
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reverberated | to re-echo or resound |
| Intoned | to utter in a singing voice; to recite or chant in monotone |
| Wheedled | to endeavor to influence a person by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts |
| Malignant | disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred |
| Precipitously | done or made without sufficient deliberation; overhasty; rash; exceedingly sudden or abrupt; hastily |
| Propitious | presenting favorable conditions; ausipicious |
| Resilience | the ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like |
| Aberration | the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; deviation from truth or moral rectitude |
| Bilious | 1. suffering from, caused by, or attended by trouble with the bile or liver 2. peevish, irritable or cranky; extremely unpleasant or distasteful |
| Requisition | a written request or order for something, as supplies, or the form on which such an order is drawn up |