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