Vocab for Chapter 7: Jacquie Red Feather

coroner

a public official who investigates the cause of death

orb

circle

gradient

gradual blend of colors

static

having no motion or change

grant

money awarded to pay for educational or work expenses

sober

not drunk; serious, solemn

oblivion

the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening

succession

A series of predictable and orderly changes within an ecosystem over time.

stoic

a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining

Kokopellis

a goddess of fertility in some Native cultures

emaciated

abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or starvation

incubator

an enclosed box providing a controlled environment for the care and protection of premature or unusually small babies

staggering

astonishing, overwhelming

corrugated

bent, wrinkled, ridged

embedded

enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass

relapse

falling back into an old illness or bad habit

variegated

multicolored

obligatory

required, demanded

spanned

stretched across

wayside

the edge of a road