A Wrinkle in Time Vocab. Ch. 1-4

n. a woman’s long scarf or shawl, especially

• stole

• serenity

• wraithlike

• diction

n. the state of being calm

• wraithlike

• serenity

• diction

• stole

adj. pale and thin or weak

• prodigious

• wraithlike

• uncanny

• stole

n. style of enunciation (speaking), the choice of words or speech

• uncanny

• serenity

• diction

• gamboled

adj. strange or unusual in a way that is surprising or difficult to understand

• diction

• paltry

• tramp

• uncanny

adj. remarkably or impressively

• paltry

• prodigious

• essence

• moderation

adj. easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally

• uncanny

• supine

• vulnerable

• morass

adj. lying face up

• supine

• vertical

• postmistress

• infinite

n. the avoidance of excess or extremes, a little at a time

• moderation

• coporeal

• uncanny

• morass

n. a woman in charge of the post office

• tramp

• morass

• sullen

• postmistress