Margaryta Mykhaylyk
Ms.Thompson
Honors Language Arts
Prestigiator: someone who performs tricks (Chapter 15)
Patronizing: to treat someone like they’re better than the rest (Chapter 15)
Infatuation/infatuate : to cause foolishness/ to be foolish (Chapter 10)
Invoke:to make an earnest request (Chapter 15)
Obeah: a system of belief among blacks chiefly of the British West Indies and the Guianas that
is characterized by the use of magic ritual to ward off misfortune or to cause harm (Chapter 15)
Garrulity: in a state of being annoying (Chapter 15)
Trepidation: a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation (Chapter 1)
Interminable: having or seeming to have no end (Chapter 15)
Frisson: a brief moment of emotional excitement (Chapter 4)
Apathetically: having or showing little or no feeling or emotion (Chapter 15)
Expiate: to extinguish the guilt (chapter 2)
Metta: (in Theravada Buddhism) meditation focused on the development of unconditional love
for all beings. (Chapter 15)
Buoyed: a floating object connected to the bottom of a body of water in order to mark something
(Chapter 15)
Pored: to gaze intently (Chapter 15)
Requisite: essential (Chapter 15)
Cryptic: a hidden message (Chapter 16)
Martyr: a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of
principle (Chapter 16)
Mnemosyne: the Greek goddess of memory and mother of the Muses (Chapter 16)
Blanched: to take the color out of ( Chapter 16)
Platitudinous: the quality or state of being dull or insipid (Chapter 16)
Filial: having or assuming the relation of a child or offspring (Chapter 16)
Perfidies:the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal (Chapter 9)
Revulsion:a sudden or strong reaction or change (Chapter 16)
Stygian: extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding (Chapter 16)
Desultory:not connected with the main subject (Chapter 16)
Admonished: to indicate duties or obligations to (Chapter 8)
Monosyllabic:conspicuously brief in answering or commenting (Chapter 16)
Remonstrated: to present and urge reasons in opposition (Chapter 16)
Suavity: smooth in texture, performance, or style (Chapter 16)
Symposiums: a formal meeting at which several specialists deliver short addresses on a topic or
on related topics (Chapter 16)
Innocuous: not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility (Chapter 3)
Gerund:a verbal noun in Latin that expresses generalized or uncompleted action (Chapter 16)
Metaphysical:highly abstract or abstruse (Chapter 16)
Ennui: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction (Chapter 16)
Waif:something found without an owner and especially by chance (Chapter 16)
Miser:a mean grasping person ( Chapter 13)
Emaciated:to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin (Chapter 16)
Remonstrance:an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance (Chapter 16)
Trepidation: a feeling of nervousness and uneasiness because of something (chapter 1)
Equanimity:calmness and collectiveness of the mind under pressure or stress (Chapter 16)
Illicitly:unlawful (chapter 16)
Affluence: flow of money or resources (chapter 1)
Bemoaned:To express deep grief over someone (chapter 1)
Imprudent:lack of good judgement,wisdom (chapter 1)
Vexed:a debated subject (chapter 1)
Hedonistic: pursuit of pleasure and happiness (chapter 1)
Lackluster: lacking in intelligence (chapter 1)
Dyspepsia: indigestion or ill humour (chapter 1)
Blithe: oblivious (chapter 1)
Profane: to treat something with abuse, irrelevance (chapter 1)
