Vocabulary • Ch 4 - A Wrinkle in Time • Definitions

What is the definition of 'abrupt'?

• Lasting for a very short time

• Extreme emotional pain or distress

• Happening suddenly and unexpectedly without warning

• Impossible to stop or prevent

What is the definition of 'apprehension'?

• Speed of Light: How fast light travels in space

• Feeling worried or scared about something

• To spread out or scatter widely

• Lasting for a very short time

What is the definition of 'inexorable'?

• A person or animal that lives somewhere

• Impossible to stop or prevent

• Happening suddenly and unexpectedly without warning

• A mythical creature with a human's upper body and a horse's lower body

What word means to shrink or become smaller gradually?

• disperse

• dwindle

• ephemeral

• direct

What is the definition of 'inhabitant'?

• A person or animal that lives somewhere

• Lasting for a very short time

• To shrink or become smaller gradually

• Difficult to describe or put into words

What is the definition of 'obscure'?

• To go in a straight line

• Showing the quickest and shortest way

• To spread out or scatter widely

• Hard to see or understand clearly

What word means speed of Light: How fast light travels in space?

• centaur

• direct

• speed of light

• askew

What is the definition of 'inclined'?

• Hard to see or understand clearly

• A person or animal that lives somewhere

• Speed of Light: How fast light travels in space

• To lean or slant towards something

What word means to spread out or scatter widely?

• resonate

• centaur

• disperse

• corporeal

What word means to lift high with praise or honor?

• ephemeral

• inclined

• askew

• exalt