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Vocab (list4)
A Wrinkle in Time
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diverting | entertaining or amusing |
| Tenacity | the quality or property of being pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate |
| Pedantic | ostentatious in one's learning; overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching |
| Brusquely | abruptly; bluntly; roughly |
| Tangible | capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial |
| Myopic | short-sighted |
| Insolent | boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting |
| Gait | a manner of walking, stepping, or running |
| Miasma | noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere |
| Atrophied | wasted; withered; shriveled; to have degenerated, declined, or decreased from disuse |