A Wrinkle in Time Vocabulary (Chapters 5 & 6)

untidy; messy; scruffy

• furtive

• unkempt

• nondescript

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

chink

• a weak spot that may leave one vulnerable

• very evil

• upset; disgusted

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

having become less strong or intense

• sonorous

• vulnerable

• subsided

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

precipitously

• serious and immediate danger

• hastily and without careful consideration

• expressed in a sad or melancholy way; mournfully

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

an object believed to hold magical properties that bring good luck or protection

• aberration

• chink

• talisman

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

vulnerable

• open to attack, harm, or damage

• upset; disgusted

• at the same time

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

favorable; likely to produce good results or a chance of success

• unkempt

• peril

• propitious

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

dissolution

• the act or process of dissolving

• repeated several times as an echo (as in sound)

• the ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

upset; disgusted

• malignant

• propitious

• perturbed

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

peril

• an object believed to hold magical properties that bring good luck or protection

• serious and immediate danger

• hastily and without careful consideration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4