A Wrinkle in Time Vocab

wraithlike

• A large single upright block of stone

• Pale, thin, or weak; like a shadow or ghost

• A disappointing end to an exciting event

• Capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

tesseract

• A negative emotional reaction to being mistreated

• The living part of the cell

• The four-dimensional analogue of a cube

• A physical material body

Tags

CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

tractable

• Impossible to stop or prevent

• Capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled

• A complicated or confused situation

• Lacking foresight; narrow in perspective

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

assimilate

• To make continual twisting, squirming movements

• To take in information, ideas, or culture and understand fully

• To be in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect

• To show or feel active opposition or hostility toward someone or something

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

dilapidated

• A physical material body

• In a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect

• A large single upright block of stone

• A negative emotional reaction to being mistreated

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

A bad-tempered or gloomy person

• sullen

• joyous

• infectious

• cloudy

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

morass

• A physical material body

• A large single upright block of stone

• A complicated or confused situation

• A negative emotional reaction to being mistreated

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

To change or cause to change completely in form or nature

• metamorphose

• cocoon

• life cycle

• adapt

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

void

• A large single upright block of stone

• A completely empty space

• A physical material body

• A negative emotional reaction to being mistreated

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

A physical material body

• angelic

• corporeal

• statue

• delivery

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4