A Wrinkle in Time Vocabulary Chapters 1-2

belligerent

• accidental
• dictatorial; leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal
• reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay
• aggressively hostile

flounced

• easily managed or controlled
• to go with impatient or exaggerated movements
• inclined; disposed; given
• threatening evil, harm or trouble

piteous

• easily managed or controlled; docile; yeilding
• acting in opposition; hostile
• trustful; to impart secrets trustfully
• evoking or deserving pity; pathetic

dilapidated

• to look narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern
• thinly scattered or distributed
• characterized by a lack of seriousness or sense
• reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay

subsided

• watchful
• trustful
• to utter in a loud deep voice
• to become less active or violent; abate

antagonistic

• a visible spirit
• a person who travels on foot from place to place
• expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust
• acting in opposition; hostile; unfriendly

smugly

• to become less active 
• contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority or correctness; haughty
• frantic
• to look narrowly or searchingly

warily

• inclined; disposed; given; prone
• a swindle or fraud
• discourteously abrupt
• watchful; being on one's guard against danger

pondered

• to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate
• to recite or chant in monotone
• inactive, passive or inert
• to go with impatient or exaggerated movements

avid

• inclined; disposed; given; prone
• the state or quality of being serene, calm or tranquil
• haughty
• showing great enthusiasm for or interest in