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illusion
Coraline
Neil Gaiman " Coraline was sure in her heart what she had seen in the mirror was no more than an illusion.( Page 63 )
A thing that is or is to be wrongly perceived or interrupted by sense. -
trudged
New Moon
Stephenie Meyer " Nothing", I turned and trudged back to the house."
Walking slowly and with heavy steps, typically from exhaustion or harsh conditions. -
Mononucleosis
New Moon Stephenie Meyer
" I found a medical site online and typed mononucleosis."
Something in the system with high blood rush. -
Hallucinations
New Moon Stephanie Meyer
Not thinking Straight "It would be stupid to encourage hallucinations." -
Ironic
New Moon By Stephenie Meyer "I was realizing what she meant when she'd said ironic." Using characterized by irony. -
composure
New Moon
Stephenie Meyer
"His normal composure was absent from his agonized face." A state of calm of being oneself. -
Delusions
New Moon Pg: 417
Stephenie Meyer
" When Edwards voice came back to me now, it was not the perfect imitation of my delusions."
Some symptom that is a sign of mental disorder. -
Preliminaries
New Moon
Stephenie Meyer
" Edward sounded impatient. As if he were tired of the Preliminaries." An action of an event proceeding of preparing for something. -
Fermenting
Jip his story Katherine Paterson
"His store of homemade cider fermenting the cellar."
Of a substance undergo fermentation. -
Congregational
Jip his story Katherine Paterson A trip into the village for anything besides Sunday services at the congregational Church. Of or relating to congratulation. -
quivery ( pg 25 )
Esperanza Rising pg 18- 25
Like a shake or a slight rapid moment.
" She took a very quivery breath." -
Aguascalientes
Esperanza Rising- pg 93- 101
It is a place in Mexico
"She couldn't help but think that they weren't even as nice as the servants cabins in Aguascalientes." -
Boxcars
Esperanza Rising pg- 204
an enclosed railroad freight car,typically with sliding doors on the side.
" Toward the boxcars on the tracks." -
Ripening
Esperanza Rising- 239-246
" Graceful as asparagus,ripening vineyards and groaning trees."
Become or made ripe. -
Foyer
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray-pg-11-16
"He ushered Thaniel into the foyer of Redford Acres."
An entrance or a hall or an other open area. -
millimtetre
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
pg-52
"Terror-stricken, Alaizabel stared at the circle of the keys grip as it rotated,millimetre by millimtetre."
one thousandth of a meter -
aromatic
The Haunting of Alazibel Cray pg-91
"The conversation Paused while he lit it and breathed it out a cloud or aromatic smoke." Having a distinctive,or plesent smell -
Wych -hunter
The Haunting of Alazibel Cray
"It was a lot of the wych-hunter."
In the 17th century the word Wych was used as a name for trees or also a witch hunter -
nonetheless
The Haunting of Alazibel Cray pg- 133- 139
"He continued nonetheless."
in spite of that; nevertheless. -
monstrosity
The Haunting of Alazibel Cray
149- 197
¨London was the center of a huge,rotating monstrosity.¨
something, especially a building, that is very large and is considered unsightly. -
Deliberate
The Haunting of Alazibel Cray pg- 200-249 Chris Wooding
done consciously and intentionally
"The shuffling now more deliberate ,heavy with purpose.¨ -
Rambling
In the Woods pg- 1-20
¨I am rambling...I can´t help it."
(of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or inconsequential. -
Reinforced
Snitch Norah McClintock pg- 15- 50
¨Let´s reinforce what he´s learned so he doesn´t forget."
strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material. -
Garments
My Heart is on the ground-4/21-pg 11-45
"They all wear garments of gray."
An item used for Cloths. -
Arithmetic
My heart is on the ground - pg- 15- 76
"Teachers say I am doing well in school. I am not so good in arithmetic."
the branch of mathematics dealing with the properties and manipulation of numbers. -
Execu tioner
The Watson's pg- 90
"That is right ma'am, Five forty-one is just waiting for the executioner to get home. Would you like to stick around and write his last words?"
an official who carries out a sentence of death on a legally condemned person. -
haphazardly
The Watsons- pg- 15-129
"Mrs Watson, that you have grasped that that speaker is not placed in the rear deck haphazardly".
in a manner lacking any obvious principle of organization -
curve balls
The Watsons-pg- 169-206
Byron started to throw curve balls.
a pitch thrown with a strong downward spin, causing the ball to drop suddenly and veer to the side as it approaches home plate -
Temptations
Storm Chasers-pg- 55-79
"As I was walking up to the grave I was full of temptation to go in with my sister."
a desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise.
