deliberately deviant, in a disobedient manner

"Discovering him, seeing his surprise, and persented at once with choices, Winnie's mind ______ went blank."

remaining the same for indefinitely long times

"So the decided at last that the source of their ___________ was the spring."

expressing extreme content

She had never longed for a magic wand, did not expect to marry a prince, and was ________ - most of the time - of her grandmother's elves.

a person authorized to conduct religious worship

"We might as well enjoy it, long as we can't change it. You don't have to such a ________ all the time."

become more faint or distant

"Her mother's voice, the feel of home, _______ for the moment, and her thoughts turned forward."

having striking color

"The tops of her cheeks were bright pink with sunburn, her nose a _____, comic red, but she had been rescued from a more serious broiling by Mae, who finally insisted that she wear the blue straw hat."

a small wood, orchard, or group of trees

"The pastures, fields, and scrubby ______ they crossed were vigorous with bees, and crickets leapt before them as if each step released a spring and flung them up like pebbles."

in a grave or sedate manner

"How do, Winnie Foster," said Tuck, shaking Winnie's hand rather ________.

a fortified defensive structure

"There was no room for carelessness, no putting things off until later. The Foster women had made a _______ out of duty."

impossible to subdue

"Within it, they were ________. And Winnie was in training."

untidiness

"It was a whole new idea to her that people could live in such _____, but at the same time she was charmed."