Vocabulary Quiz: A Wrinkle in Time

What does the word "delinquent" typically refer to?

• A person who is always calm and peaceful

• A young person showing a tendency to commit minor crimes

• Someone who is remarkably great in size

• A person who is deserving of pity

Which word describes a state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled?

• Uncanny

• Serenity

• Indignantly

• Flounced

What does "uncanny" mean?

• Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way

• Deserving or arousing pity

• Cautiously; carefully

• In a manner indicating anger or annoyance

What does "subsided" mean?

• To become more intense and severe

• To become less intense, violent, or severe

• To move in an exaggeratedly impatient manner

• To use irony to mock or convey contempt

Which word means "remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree"?

• Piteous

• Prodigious

• Sarcastic

• Warily

How would someone act if they are behaving "indignantly"?

• Calmly and peacefully

• In a manner indicating anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair

• In a strange or mysterious way

• In a deserving or arousing pity manner

What does "piteous" mean?

• Deserving or arousing pity

• Using irony to mock or convey contempt

• Moving in an exaggeratedly impatient manner

• Being calm and untroubled

What does "sarcastic" mean?

• Marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt

• Cautiously; carefully

• Remarkably great in size

• Strange or mysterious

What does "flounced" mean?

• To go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner

• To become less intense, violent, or severe

• To be calm and peaceful

• To be strange or mysterious

What does "warily" mean?

• In a manner indicating anger or annoyance

• Cautiously; carefully

• Deserving or arousing pity

• Using irony to mock or convey contempt