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obligingly
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson "Gilly obligingly took out her gum while Miss Ellis's eyes were still at the mirror" (Paterson 3) willing or eager to do favors -
Billowed
The witches Roald Dahl " The cigar was the only real thing about her at the moment , and the smoke was made billowed around her head in blue clouds. of smoke, (cloud, or steam) move or flow outward with an undulating motion. -
Plantations
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe "Way to having successful sugarcane plantations" an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor. ( Page 38) -
Synchronicity
Emily Wind-Snap and the land of the midnight sun by Liz Kessler "Enlightened moments of synchronicity " are the things Millie had a lot of" Things that are happening at the same time. The simultaneous occurrence of events that appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection. ( Pg 2) -
Desperately
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
" I desperately wanted a boat"
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Coincidence
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
"it feels like some kind of cosmic coincidence"(Forman 15) a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. -
Pestilence
The 5th wave by Rick Yancey (chapter title) " The 5th Wave
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Genes
The 5th wave by Rick Yancey "But burried deep in our Genes the memory remains"(in informal use) a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring ( Yancey 7 ) -
Atmospheric
The 5th wave by Rick Yancey "These things might be Atmospheric probes or devices used to measure something they can't calibrate from space." ( Yancey 71) of or relating to the atmosphere of the earth or (occasionally) another planet. -
Grimace
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey " Grimacing , he slowly pulled out his left hand" ( Yancey 13)an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement. -
Mayhem
The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey " Ten days of Mayhem " (Yancey 18) violent or damaging disorder; chaos. -
Foreseeable future
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne "She swallowed nervously and said a silent prayer that they would indeed returning to Berlin in the Foreseeable future and not in a month as Bruno had suggested." ( Boyen 28 ) able to be foreseen or predicted. -
Relatives
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne "And some people who live on their own on everbody's road but dont seem to have any relatives at all " ( Boyne 30 ) a person connected by blood or marriage. -
tubercular
The boy in the striped pajamas by John Boyne "When it is incumbent upon all pf us to play our pary in the national revival? was he tubercular? ". relating to or affected with tuberculosis an infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues, especially the lungs. (146) -
Contrasting
Zoey 101 girls vs boys by Eric Friedman " Contrasting orange neck and cuffs" ( Friedman 1 ) compare in such a way as to emphasize differences. -
volatile
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Thrilled
Zoey 101 girls vs boys by Eric Friedman " He was thrilled she was there."(Friedman 53) Vcause (someone) to have a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure -
Suspended
The cat ate my gym suit by Paula Danziger " i dont want them on school grounds for the entire time that they are suspended." ( danziger 77) temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect -
Fink
The Cat Ate My Gym Suit by Paula Danziger "That fink .That rotten fink. I hate her." (Danziger 142) an unpleasant or contemptible person
