Vocabulary • Ch 2 - A Wrinkle in Time • Definitions

What word means to choose or do what is suitable?

• appropriate

• gene

• belligerent

• confide

What word means scary or evil?

• concise

• assimilate

• sinister

• stifle

What word means a strong urge to do something?

• dilapidated

• compulsion

• inadvertent

• intractable

What word means a scientist who studies how things work?

• physicist

• antagonist

• compulsion

• obligation

What is the definition of 'belligerent'?

• To stop or limit something from happening

• Being aggressive or ready to fight

• To make someone not want to do something

• To force someone to do something

What word means very old and in bad condition?

• sage

• concise

• sinister

• dilapidated

What is the definition of 'placid'?

• Calm and peaceful, not easily disturbed

• A limitation or restriction on something

• To choose or do what is suitable

• To make someone not want to do something

What word means to stop or limit something from happening?

• concise

• compel

• physicist

• stifle

What is the definition of 'confide'?

• A strong urge to do something

• Difficult to control or solve

• To force someone to do something

• To trust and share secrets with others

What word means a person who opposes the main character?

• antagonist

• deter

• compulsion

• inadvertent