Vocabulary • Ch 10 - A Wrinkle in Time • Context Clues

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Meaning of 'devour'

Back

To eat something quickly and completely

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Infallible

Back

Never making mistakes or errors

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Meaning of 'loathe'

Back

To really, really, really hate something

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Solar System

Back

The Sun and all the planets

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Contrast

Back

Showing differences between two things

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Atrophy

Back

Wastes away or gets smaller

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Invert: To turn something upside down

Back

Correct Answer: To turn something upside down

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Meaning of 'sobering'

Back

Making someone serious or thoughtful

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Meaning of 'assuage'

Back

To make something less painful or severe

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Corrosive

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Something that can eat away or destroy