A WRINKLE IN TIME
Madeleine L'Engle
Name ________________
CHAPTER ONE
PG. Pg. DEFINITION
WORD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 11 ran or moved swiftly
s _______________
3 11 ghost like
w _______________
4 12 a person who behaves improperly
d _______________
5 12 calmness or clearness
s _______________
5 12 too pleased, self-satisfied, complacent
s _______________
5 12 strange, eerie, mysterious
u _______________
6 13 protective covering for a window
s _______________
7 14 grew less
s _______________
8 15 capable of being hurt
v _______________
10 17 first or introductory events
p _______________
11 18 for a selected few
e _______________
11 18 great in number
p _______________
11 18 quieted, slowed down
s _______________
12 18 quiet indignation or hurt
s _______________
13 19 ugly or repelled
r _______________
17 23 large handkerchief
b _______________
20 25 proud manner, stateliness
d _______________
20 25 liquid that relieves soreness to muscles
l _______________
20 25 prone, lying down
s _______________
21 26 wasting time
f _______________
21 26 the fictional act of wrinkling distance
t _______________
CHAPTER TWO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------23 29 cheat
g _______________
23 28 sorrowful
p _______________
24 29 simple minded
m _______________
24 30 a cutting remark, ironic taunt
s _______________
25 30 bad humouredly, sullenly
s _______________
26 31 very interested, eager
a _______________
26 31 rude, not caring
b _______________
27 32 conflicting, hostile
a _______________
27 32 easily managed
t _______________
29 34 spiteful or sly remark
s _______________
30 34 accidentally, without purpose
i _______________
31 35 anger mixed with scorn
i _______________
31 35 fitting well, suitable, proper
a _______________
31 35 peacefully, quietly
p _______________
32 36 free from illusion
d _______________
32 36 self satisfied
s _______________
33 37 uncontrolled urge
c _______________
34 38 fallen to pieces, decayed
d _______________
34 38 having an evil quality, ill will
s _______________
36 39 allowing no refusal, imperious
p _______________
37 40 absorb, digest
a _______________
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CHAPTER THREE
PAGE Pg. DEFINTION
WORD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------38 41 ran about, frolicked
g ____________
40 42 ironically, inappropriately
w ____________
43 45 readable
l ____________
47 48 doubtfully
d ____________
49 50 spotted
d ____________
49 51 puzzling mess, difficult situation
m ____________
CHAPTER FOUR
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------57 56 bodily, of material nature
c ____________
57 57 touchable, real
t ____________
57 57 emptiness, empty out
v ____________
58 57 angrily
i ____________
58 57 relentless
i ____________
59 59 too great to be expressed in words
i ____________
60 59 not clearly expressed or defined
v ____________
61 60 short lived
e ____________
61 60 expressed in words
v ____________
64 63 body + legs of a horse, head + arms of manc ____________
65 63 change into another form or stage
m ____________
66 65 searched for information
d ____________
66 64 huge form
m ____________
67 65 grieved, suffered great pain
a ____________
69 67 all of a sudden
a ____________
72 69 spread out, went away
d ____________
CHAPTER FIVE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------76 74 greatly disturbed
p ____________
76 74 peacefully, calmly
s ____________
80 77 angry at something unjust or mean
i ____________
82 79 sadly, mournfully
p ____________
84 81 change
t ____________
85 81 pale purple
m ____________
85 81 delightfully, in an entranced manner
r ____________
85 81 having a deep loud sound
s ____________
86 82 echoed or reflected back
r ____________
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CHAPTER SIX
PAGE Pg. DEFINTION
WORD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------93 87 a let down, descent in importance
a ____________
93 87 a side or view
f ____________
94 88 something especially delicious
a ____________
94 88 asked earnestly, appealingly
p ____________
96 90 short sighted
m ____________
98 92 a long, long time
e ____________
99 92 evil, hateful, very harmful
m ____________
99 93 hastily, steeply, rashly
p ____________
100 94 favourable
p ____________
CHAPTER SEVEN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------117 109 having too much pride, haughtiness
a ____________
117 109 boastful boldness
b ____________
123 114 travelling or roaming for pleasure
g ____________
123 114 not straightforward, indirectly
o ____________
124 114 mildly, smoothly, politely
b ____________
124 114 with hostility or opposition
d ____________
125 115 flinch, draw back
w ____________
126 116 wasteful, not efficient
i ____________
126 116 not transparent, cannot see through it
o ____________
128 118 stubborness or persistence
d ____________
128 118 having to do with the nerves
n ____________
128 118 nerve cells
n ____________
129 119 hesitatingly, putting things off
i ____________
CHAPTER EIGHT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------134 123 made very mad
i ____________
135 123 lacking character, mild
b ____________
135 124 restrained, to fix in place
p ____________
138 126 termoil, confusion
s ____________
139 127 to get rid of, kill
a ____________
139 127 to say in one tone
i ____________
139 127 false idea
m ____________
139 127 stressing trivial details in learning
p ____________
140 128 threatening, foreboding
o ____________
140 128 give off heat or light, spread out
r ____________
141 129 person who delights in cruelty
s ____________
143 131 to move away from the normal
d ____________
143 130 originate, to come forth
e ____________
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CHAPTER NINE
PAGE Pg. DEFINITION
WORD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------150 137 off handedly
b _______________
154 140 to put off, delay
d _______________
155 141 walk, manner of moving on foot
g _______________
157 144 a raised platform
d _______________
158 144 all knowing and powerful
o _______________
158 144 uncertainly
t _______________
158 144 hurt, anguished, annoyed
t _______________
159 145 blood pressure - the relaxed phase
d _______________
159 145 poisonous atmosphere or influence
m _______________
159 145 blood pressure - contraction phase
s _______________
161 147 part of the brain
c _______________
161 147 part of the brain
c _______________
CHAPTER TEN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------164 150 withered or wasted away
a _______________
166 151 to consider likely
d _______________
170 155 not noticeable
i _______________
171 156 ability to wear away by chemical action c _______________
172 157 capable of making mistakes
f _______________
CHAPTER ELEVEN
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------177 161 alarm or dread, apprehension
t _______________
179 163 extreme happiness
b _______________
180 163 to give up
r _______________
181 164 confusion, puzzlement
p _______________
186 169 everlasting
e _______________
186 169 limited by time
t _______________
188 171 sadness, depression
d _______________
188 170 capability of making mistakes
f _______________
188 170 to eat greedily
g _______________
189 171 agitated, confused, mad
d _______________
189 171 scolding, finding fault with
r _______________
189 171 moral excellence, goodness
v _______________
190 172 ridiculous
a _______________
CHAPTER TWELVE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------194 176 done without hope
d _______________
195 176 care, attention
m _______________
201 181 got smaller
d _______________
205 185 relentless
i _______________
209 189 state of fearfulness or worry
a _______________
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