A Wrinkle in Time Vocabulary

Wraithlike

• Having the appearance of a shadow or ghost; lacking in substance

• With earnest and eager attention

• To make less worried; give back confidence to

• In a way that expresses dry, especially mocking, humor

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Serenity

• Lacking in suspicion; lacking or marked by a lack of knowledge, experience, or realistic judgment

• The condition or quality of being untroubled, peaceful, or tranquil

• Letting light pass through and giving a clear view of objects on the other side

• In a way that shows lack of energy or concern

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Preliminary

• To not do until later

• The quality or condition of being vigorously enthusiastic or happy

• An action or event preceding or preparing for something fuller or more important

• In a way that shows lack of energy or concern

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Tramp

• To bear up under or function in spite of; to continue through time

• A person who travels on foot from town to town and lives by begging or doing odd jobs

• To cause great disturbance in the mind

• To use the greatest amount of effort; to stretch to the limit

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Reassure

• To cause great disturbance in the mind

• To bear up under or function in spite of; to continue through time

• The act, process, or result of decomposition, disintegration, or dispersion into parts or elements

• To make less worried; give back confidence to

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Naive

• Lacking in suspicion; lacking or marked by a lack of knowledge, experience, or realistic judgment

• With earnest and eager attention

• In a way that expresses dry, especially mocking, humor

• To bear up under or function in spite of; to continue through time

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Intently

• The quality or condition of being vigorously enthusiastic or happy

• The act, process, or result of decomposition, disintegration, or dispersion into parts or elements

• With earnest and eager attention

• In a way that is so slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Strain

• To use the greatest amount of effort; to stretch to the limit

• Having or likely to have fits of wild behavior such as laughing or crying

• To not do until later

• Impossible to enter or influence

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Physical

• To bear up under or function in spite of; to continue through time

• Of the material world

• Lacking in suspicion; lacking or marked by a lack of knowledge, experience, or realistic judgment

• Letting light pass through and giving a clear view of objects on the other side

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Perturb

• In a way that shows lack of energy or concern

• Letting light pass through and giving a clear view of objects on the other side

• Any of the fundamental units (as of mass, length, or time) on which a derived unit is based

• To cause great disturbance in the mind

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4