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Wrinkle in Time Voc.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Serenity | The act or quality of being calm or Tranquill |
| Preliminaries | Something that proceeds or leads up to the main part, matter, or business ;something in the introductory or preparatory |
| Sullen | Showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve |
| Supine | Lying on the back, face or front upward; prone |
| Belligerent | war like character; aggressively hostile; belliocose |
| Antagonistic | Hostile; unfriendly; acting in opposition |
| Tractable | Easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding |
| Sagely | Wisely, judiciously, or prudently |
| Placidly | Pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed |
| Disillusion | Two free from or deprive of allusion, believe, I don't listen, etc.; to disenchant |
| Dilapidated | Reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect |
| Gamboled | To skip about, as in dancing or playing; to frolic |
| Legible | Capable of being read or deciphered, especially with ease, as writing or printing; easily readable |
| serenity | the state or quality of being calm or tranquil |
| preliminaries | something that precedes or leads up to the main part, matter, or business; something introductory or preparatory |
| sullen | showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve |
| supine | lying on the back, face or front upward; prone |
| belligerent | of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose |
| antagonistic | hostile; unfriendly; acting in opposition |
| tractable | easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding |
| sagely | wisely, judiciously, or prudently |
| placidly | pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed |
| disillusion | to free form or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc; to disenchant |
| dilapidated | reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age,wear, or neglect |
| gamboled | to skip about, as in dancing or playing; to frolic |
| legible | capable of being read or deciphered, especially with ease, as writing or printing; easily readable |
| dubiously | doubtfully; wavering or hesitating in opinion |
| morass | 1. tract of low, soft, wet ground, such as a marsh, bog. or swamp; 2. any confusing or troublesome situation, especially one from which it is difficult to free oneself |
| deft | dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever |
| corporeal | of the nature of the physical body; bodily; material; tangible |
| inexorable | unyielding; unalterable |
| corona | a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon; something resembling a crown or halo |
| dissolution | the act of process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements |
| 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 |
| maligant | disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress |
| precipitously | done or made without sufficient deliberation; overhasty; rash; exceedingly sudden or abrupt; hastily |
| propitious | presenting favorable conditions; auspicious |
| resilience | the ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like |
| abberation | 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 |
| 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 from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere |
| atrophied | wasted; withered; shriveled; to have degenerated, declined, or decreased from disuse |
| frigid | without warmth of feeling; without ardor or enthusiasm; cold; lacking passion, sympathy, or sensitivity |
| corrosive | harmful or destructive; having the quality of eating away (at something); erosive or sensitivity |
| omnipotent | having very great or unlimited authority or power |
| fallible | liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken |
| trepidation | tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation |
| relinquish | to give up; to release; to put aside |
| temporal | of or pertaining to time; pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world, enduring for a time only, temporary or transitory |
| despondency | depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection |
| distraught | distracted; deeply agitated; mentally deranged |
| vestige | a surviving evidence or remainder of some condition, practice, etc. |
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