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Vocabulary Stack
Chapters
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tentatively | Uncertainly; hesitantly; not positively; for the moment; not permanently. (p. 50) |
| reluctantly | Unwillingly; hesitantly; offering resistance. (p. 52) |
| peered | Looked intently, searchingly, or with difficulty. (p. 54) |
| distorted | Twisted, misshapen; not truly or completely representing the facts of reality. (p. 55) |
| timidly | Without self-assurance, courage, or bravery; shyly; fearfully. (p. 70) |
| frothy | Foamy; having a mass of bubbles, usually floating on the top of liquid (p. 75) |
| mourning | Showing sorrow or grief for a person’s death. (p. 77) |
| wail | To utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched, as in grief or suffering. (p. 79) |
| urgency | Characterized by the need for immediate action; pressing importance or necessity. (p. 81) |
| extinguished | Put out, as a fire; put an end to hopes; destroyed. (p. 86) |
| rummaging | searching thoroughly or actively through, especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents. (p. 88) |
| encased | Covered or protected, as if with a case. (p. 89) |
| protruding | Pushed or thrust outward. (p. 91) |