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Drizzle
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gene
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There must be some gene that switches on at the birth of the first born child. P.7
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presume
The Wednesday wars by GARY D. SCHMIDT I presume you know the English language well enough or I wouldn't ask you to read Shakespeare." suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability. -
Red plague
The Wednesday wars GARY D. SCHMIDT "And turned back to spreading the red plague." (#55) Red plague is an accelerated corrosion of copper when plated with silver. After storage or use in high-humidity environment, cuprous oxide forms on the surface of the parts. The corrosion is identifiable by presence of patches of brown-red powder deposit on the exposed copper. -
Soaring
The Wednesday wars Gary D. Schmidt "we can all practice soaring" (#105) definition: fly or rise high in the air. -
desperate
The Wednesday wars GARY D. SCHMIDT "There was a moment - this will tell you how desperate I was." feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with. -
faithfulness
The Wednesday wars GARY D. SCHMIDT "Shakespeare is all about the power of goodness and honesty and faithfulness." Page (171,172) the quality of being faithful; fidelity. -
hollered
The Wednesday wars GARY D. SCHMIDT "Keep your arms loose" I hollered." (# 203) Definition: give a loud shout or cry. -
architectural
The Wednesday Wars GARY D. SCHMIDT "we are going to survey points of local architectural interest."(page 221) A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures. -
Faded
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"...As the flames faded..." (Page 250)
gradually grow faint and disappear -
wisdom
The Wednesday Wars Gary D. SCHMIDT "who brought peace and wisdom to his world" the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise.(page #263) -
Tattered
The Haunting of Alaizabel pg 19 - 33 "Tattered and torn and muddied."(Wooding pg 33) definition: old and torn; in poor condition. -
Fraternity
The Haunting of Alaizbel Cray - pgs 46 - 67 "The fraternity!" pg 67 definition: a group of people sharing a common profession or interests. -
immense
The haunting of Alizabel cray - pages 79 - 101 "An immense stone room" (pg 104) definition: extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree. -
Dank
The Haunting of Alizabel Cray pg 107 - 123 "Into the dank throat of wight's stalking ground." (pg 121) definition: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold. -
embedded
The Haunting of Alizabel Cray - 144 - 177 "mock seemed to have embedded its self" - #177 -fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass. -
swilling
The Haunting of Alizabel Cray 196 - 211 ¨Fog swilling around his ankles¨(199) wash or rinse out (an area or container) by pouring large amounts of water or other liquid over or into it. -
bedraggled
The Haunting of Alizabel Cray Pg 225 - 249 ¨wet and bedraggled but still strong¨ definition: dirty and disheveled. -
rampaged
The Haunting of Alizabel Cray pg 259 - 287 ¨shrieking sound that sawed at the ears as it rampaged closer¨ (pg 187) definition: (especially of a large group of people) rush around in a violent and uncontrollable manner. -
Praiseworthy
by the great horn spoon - pg 7 - 39 ¨peering from jack to praise worthy and back again¨ -pg 28 definition: deserving approval and admiration. -
conferring
into thin air pg 7 - 30 "...a day later conferring with outside's publisher." (pg 29) have discussions; exchange opinions. -
disproportionate
Into Thin Air -pg 38 - pg 57 "A disproportionate number of Sherpas have died on Everest." definition: too large or too small in comparison with something else. -
debilitating
into thin air pg 67 - 98 "debilitating foot injuries"(pg 97) definition: (of a disease or condition) making someone very weak and infirm. -
Dozing
Into thin air pg 97 - 108 "I was dozing in my sleeping bag" (pg 108) sleep lightly. -
trumpeted
into thin air pg 119-153 "...trumpeted campaign" (153) proclaim widely or loudly. -
accommodate (195)
into thin air pg 174 - 195 "...accommodate tents for all of us" (pg 195) (of physical space, especially a building) provide lodging or sufficient space for. -
Radial keratotomy
into thin air (pg 205-247)
"Beck had undergone a Radial keratotomy"(pg 246) Radial keratotomy (RK) is a refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia (nearsightedness) that was developed in 1974, by Svyatoslav Fyodorov, a Russian ophthalmologist. -
anonymous
into thin air pg - 246 - 287 "anonymous climber" (pg 287) (of a person) not identified by name; of unknown name. -
groggily
into thin air pg 296 - 334 "As I struggled groggily"(pg 331) staggering, as from exhaustion or blows -
huddling
into thin air pg 343 - 374 (end) "huddling with his group"(374) crowd together; nestle closely.
