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Distinctive
Young Sherlock by Craig Sodaro "Henry: I'd say it's pretty distinctive, old chap!" (Sodaro 26). Distinctive: Characteristic of one person or thing, and so serving to distinguish it from others. -
Grudge
Confessions from the Principal's chair
by Anna Myers. "Here it comes, In told myself, and I also thought how I'd be forgiving. No use holding a grudge." (Myers 16). Grudge: a persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury -
Affliction
Maximum Ride 2 by James Patterson - NaRae Lee
"Fruit. Affliction. Didst. Delight. Dwell again..." (Patterson 6?)
Definition:Something that causes pain or suffering. -
Meandering
The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph
"I could see the river, meandering over rocks, hungry for rain" (Joseph 27).
Meandering: following a winding course. -
Glorious
The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph
"It is close to my home and the sand is a glorious white that burns your feet in the middle of a sunny day" (Joseph 55).
Definition: having a striking beauty or splendor that evokes feelings of delighted admiration -
Eccentric
Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
"My grandfather was Eccentric."
Definition: (of a person or their behavior) unconventional and slightly strange. -
Priority
Amulet 2 by Kazu Kibuishi
"Strike swiftly and silently. The children are priority one" (Kibuishi 30).
Priority: the fact or condition of being regarded or treated as more important. -
Transpired
Amulet ll by Kazu Kibuishi
"The elders of the resistance have foretold all that has transpired" (Kibuishi 71).
Transpired: Something that had occurred or happened. -
Progenitor
Amulet 4 by Kazu Kibuishi
"Someday you will both see that there is a lot about your progenitors you do not understand" (Kibuishi 51).
Progenitor : a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent. -
Enduring
Amulet 5 by Kazu Kibuishi
"He became an enduring historical figiure for two reasons" (Kibuishi 139) Enduring : continuing or long-lasting -
Comply
Amulet 5 by Kazu Kibuishi
"If you fail to comply, we will be forced to open fire!" (Kibuishi 16). Comply: act in accordance with a wish or command. -
Chrysanthemums
A swiftly Tilting Planet pg 3 - 5
"Meg Murry O'Keefe had an arrangement of chrysanthemums for the dining table, and the yellow, bronze and pale-gold blossoms seemed to add light to the room" (L'engle 1)
Chrysanthemums: Chrysanthemums, sometimes called mums or chrysanths, are flowering plants of the genus Chrysanthemum in the family Asteraceae. -
Adolescence
A Swiftly Tilting Planet - 3 - 5 "They had put up with her all through her prickly adolescence, and she still did not feel very grown up" (L'engle 5) Adolescence: the period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult. -
immunological
A Swiftly Tilting Planet - 3-5 "...Perhaps at this very minute-giving a paper on the immunological system oof chordates" (L'engle 1) immunological: a branch of biology that covers the study of immune systems in all organisms. -
Enclaves
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children -Graphic Novel- - Pg 77 - 105 "Something had to be done, so people like myself created places where young peculiars could live apart from common folk-physically and temporarily isolated enclaves like this one, of which I am enormously proud of" (Riggs 105) Enclaves: a portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct.
a place or group that is different -
Befuddled
The School for Good and Evil - Pg 6
"Then she had donated homemade lemonwood face wash to the town orphanage (for, as she insisted to the befuddled benefactor..."(Chainani 5).
Befuddled: make (someone) unable to think clearly. -
Heirloom
Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children - Pg 21 - 39
"My parents treated me like a breakable heirloom, afraid to fight or fret in front of me lest I shatter" (Riggs 39). Heirloom: a valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations. -
Ushered
Miss Peregrine's home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
"He thanked the man again and quickly ushered me out the door" (Riggs 73)
Ushered: show or guide (someone) somewhere. -
Connoisseur
Miss Peregrine's home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
"Now, I'm no hotel connoisseur, which was directly across the street" (Riggs 73).
Connoisseur: an expert judge in matters of taste. -
Bedraggled
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs - (Pg 89 - 140)
"I slowed to a fast walk, hoping that a muddy and bedraggled American boy who was not running would attract somewhat less attention than one who was" (Riggs 130-131) Bedraggled: dirty and disheveled. -
Intuited
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs - ( Pgs 141 - 163 )
"And then her expression turned grim, as if, in our brief silence between us, she had intuited the terrible thing I'd come to tell her" (Riggs 150-151). Intuited: understand or work out by instinct. -
Serenely
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs - (Pgs 164 - 218) "Within five minutes I was half-asleep in the grass, smiling like a dope, wondering serenely what might be on the menu for lunch" (Riggs 213).
Serenely: in a calm, peaceful, and untroubled manner. -
solemnly
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Pgs 234 - 252) "Bronwyn trooped out, nodding solemnly as they passed" (Hinton 250).
Solemnly: with deep sincerity. -
Gale
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Pgs 258 - 280) "Boats clattered against their moorings in the heavy chop but none left the harbor; to take one out in such a gale would've been suicidal" (Riggs 278). Gale: A very strong wind -
Caliber
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Pgs 288 - 319)
"This was a small caliber-a pop rather than a bang-..." (Riggs 315). Caliber: the internal diameter or bore of a gun barrel. -
Jettisoned
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Pgs (NA)
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride) - Pgs (41 - 48)
"Ten peculiar children and one peculiar bird were made to fit in just three stout rowboats, with much being jettisoned and left behind on the dock" (Riggs 352)
Jettisoned: abandon or discard (someone or something that is no longer wanted). -
Abreast
Hollow City: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Pgs 50 - 81)
"Our boats slid easily through the waves, three abreast, a friendly current bearing us coastward" (Riggs 48).
Abreast: side by side and facing the same way. -
Dissuasive
Hollow City
"Perhaps I was not sufficiently dissuasive when we discussed this earlier" (Riggs 189).
Dissuasive: Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose; dehortatory. -
Imperceptible
Hollow City (Pgs 89 - 139)
"And eventually the dark peeled back layer by layer, and with imperceptible gradations, the sky feathered to a delicate pale blue" (Riggs 11).
Imperceptible: impossible to perceive. -
Tantamount
Hollow City (Pgs 166 - 191)
"Then you'll know that attempting to breach them tantamount to suicide" (Riggs 189).
Tantamount: equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.
"the resignations were tantamount to an admissio
