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All Summer in a Day - Advanced Level

TermDefinitionSentence
Immense Extremely large; too great to be measured easily. The silence that followed the stopping of the rain was so immense that the children instinctively reached up to check whether their ears still worked.
Savored Enjoyed something slowly and with great pleasure. For two hours, the children savored every second of warmth, knowing it would be seven long years before they felt it again.
Frail Weak and delicate; easily hurt. Margot was so frail that a strong gust of wind seemed like it could carry her away entirely.
Solemn Serious and quiet, showing respect or sorrow. The children walked back down the hall in solemn silence, not one of them willing to look at the others.
Vital Extremely important; absolutely necessary. It was vital to Margot that her family take her back to Earth — she could not survive another seven years without the sun.
Muffled Made quieter or less clear; dampened. Behind the locked closet door, Margot's cries grew fainter and more muffled until at last they could no longer be heard.
Concussion A violent collision or impact; a jarring shock. The concussion of the first thunderclap sent the children stumbling into one another as the sky collapsed back into darkness.
Tumultuous Loud, disordered, and excited; involving a lot of confusion or uproar. Their two hours in the sunlight were tumultuous and desperate — as if they understood, without saying so, that they were spending something they could never earn back.
Resilient Able to recover quickly from difficulty; bouncing back. The Venus jungle was grotesquely resilient, growing back thicker and stranger each time the storms beat it down.
Repercussions Unintended consequences or effects that follow an action. The children had not thought about the repercussions of locking Margot away — they had only thought about the moment, and the satisfaction of silencing her.
Compounded Built up over time; made larger by adding more. Seven years of loneliness had compounded inside Margot until it felt like a weight she could barely carry.
Slackening Becoming slower or less intense; easing up. The children pressed their faces to the glass as the drumming of the rain began slackening, growing quieter and quieter.
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