The Great Gilly Hopkins Chapters 10 - 12 Vocabulary
defiantly
Boldly resistant or challenging
hysterical
Emotionally out of control
oath
a solemn promise
kaleidoscope
a toy with mirrors and colored glass to make patterns
compromised
an agreement made, both sides give up something
apparition
an unreal figure; a ghost
relentlessly
constant, not stopping
kaleidoscopic
continually changing, extremely varied
remote
distant, hidden away
fatigue
extreme tiredness
indefinitely
for an unlimited or unspecified period of time
solemn
formal and dignified
culinary
having to do with the kitchen or cooking
inexorably
impossible to stop or prevent
laxative
medicine to make a person go to the bathroom
perpetual
never ending or changing
puny
small and weak
gaped
stared with the mouth open, as in wonder or surprise
entice
to attract by offering reward or pleasure