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GB Chapters 6-9
Gathering Blue Vocabulary for Chapters 6-9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Resonate | to strike a chord |
| Iridescent | a play of colors producing rainbow effects (as in a soap bubble) |
| Ruefully | with exciting pity or sympathy |
| Oblong | an oblong figure or object (longer in one direction than in the other) |
| Inert | unable or slow to move, act, or react |
| Mordants | a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, |
| Woad | a European plant formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves |
| Skein | a looped length of yarn or thread put up in a loose twist after it is taken from the reel |
| Infinitesimal | too small to be measurable |
| Don | to dress in; put on |
| Volition | the act or power of making one's choices or decisions, will |