13 - 16 Vocabulary

Hawkish

They were all dressed in formals, raw silks in black and gray, and their faces had the same cold, hawkish look.

• disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

• a long-established or previously long-established practice or belief

• something that is ridiculous

• living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Mock

This time, it wasn't even a mockery of a smile.

• something that is ridiculous

• persuaded someone to want something by tempting with something desired

• wanting to punish someone for causing harm

• not neat or cared for

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Convey

It was there in her dull, metal-gray eyes, a cold, terrible surety unlike anything a normal pretty could ever convey.

• to meet at a certain time and place; or an instance of such a meeting

• fooled

• communicate or express

• interested, curious, or fascinated

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Focus

She focused on the nausea eating away at her stomach, trying to forget why she was here.

• concentrating

• fooled

• interested, curious, or fascinated

• extremely ugly, offensive, and/or frightening

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.1.6

Devour

Tally felt as if some wild trick had gone horribly wrong. A weird and horrible new reality had opened up, devouring the world she knew and understood.

• a final demand that carries a threat if it is rejected

• living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

• eat rapidly and completely — usually due to being very hungry

• provide support or necessities

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Sustain

Now that the encounter with Dr. Cable was over, her anger and defiance were fading, and there was nothing left to sustain her.

• a recurrent rhythmical series

• a final peremptory demand

• wanting to punish someone for causing harm

• provide support or necessities

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Aquiline

Her nose was aquiline, her teeth sharp, her eyes a nonreflective gray.

• resembling or characteristic of a fox

• curved down like an eagle's beak

• showing a sense of shame

• cause to be interested or curious

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Neutral

Her voice had the same slow, neutral cadence as a bedtime book.

• something that is ridiculous

• a stable situation in which forces are in balance

• rhythm

• bland (not striking in appearance or impression)

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.3.3A

Equilibrium

We exist in equilibrium with our environment, Tally, purifying the water that we put back in the river, recycling the biomass, and using only power drawn from our own solar footprint.

• rhythm

• a stable situation in which forces are in balance

• not affected by; or does not affect

• disgusting

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Despise

Four days later take the side you despise...

• dislike strongly and look down upon

• excessively suspicious that others want to harm you; or excessively fearful

• kept under control

• very serious—possibly dignified

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.1.6