A Wrinkle in Time Chapter 3-4 Vocabulary

Decipher

• beautiful

• doubtful

• decode; figure out

• able to be touched; real

Dubious

• never letting up; never ceasing; unyielding

• vibrating with sound

• a crown or crown-like appearance of light

• doubtful

Essence

• the part that is most important; the nature of a thing

• decode; figure out

• vibrating with sound

• scattered

Gorgeous

• bodily or having a body

• lasting just a short time

• beautiful

• a state of extreme happiness

Paltry

• uncontrolled excitement

• able to be touched; real

• run, jump, and play (especially out in nature)

• not very much; a small amount

Gambol

• a creature with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse.

• run, jump, and play (especially out in nature)

• a crown or crown-like appearance of light

• uncontrolled excitement

Frenzy

• not very much; a small amount

• able to be touched; real

• uncontrolled excitement

• vibrating with sound

Tangible

• without beginning or end

• Able to be touched; real

• lasting just a short time

• a creature with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse.

Inexorable

• beautiful

• doubtful

• scattered

• never letting up; never ceasing; unyielding

Centaur

• to put out, as a fire or light

• decode; figure out

• a creature with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse.

• oval shaped; like the path a planet travels in