Curious Incident Vocab

annoyed or angry

• slander

• cross

• giddy

• noncompliant

You can get sued for ________; because of this, it is always good not to spread bad rumors about people.

well-known but probably not true

• stimming

• compulsive

• apocryphal

• specimen

Sometimes when I cry, my mom holds me to her ________; I always soak her shirt in my tears.

suffering from a condition called anemia in which a person has fewer red blood cells than normal and feels very weak and tired

• anemic

• nuerotypical

• apocryphal

• red herring

When I get home from school, my dog is always so ________; her face is so happy and her tail is wagging as fast as a hummingbird's wings.

• cross

• agitated

• compulsive

• giddy

My Science teacher had us go to the creek to collect a ________ to examine in class; it could either be a small amount of water, a tadpole, or a part of a plant to examine further.

not displaying or characterized by autistic or other neurologically atypical patterns of though or behavior

• neurotypical

• atypical

• stimming

• noncompliant

There is a great show on Netflix called __________; it is the perfect word to call it because the main character, Sam, is unusual and not what most people would say is "normal."

• agitated

• apocryphal

• atypical

• anemic

My dad is often _________ when we try to talk to him when he is on the phone; he gives us the look that tells us that our death will be soon if we continue to disturb him.