vocab words. p.223-286

turgid: swollen; distended. "She was almost amused to note in herself such a turgid, old-fashioned feeling as jealousy." page 229.

glibly: Performed with a natural, offhand ease. "Was it Kumbricia herself taking revenge on them for discussing her so glibly?" page 232.

incarceration: To shut in; confine. "They know I am a beast who chooses magical incarceration as a human over the dangerous liberty of my own powerful form." page 238.

belied: To give a false representation to; misrepresent. "They all belied its original intention as the head of a waterworks." page 242.

ladle: A long-handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving liquids. "Four had the ladle in the tureen, stirring; Six had dressed in hostile puce. " page 249.

tureen: A broad, deep, usually covered dish used for serving foods such as soups or stews. "Four had the ladle in the tureen, stirring; Six had dressed in hostile puce. " page 249.

puce: A deep red to dark grayish purple. "Four had the ladle in the tureen, stirring; Six had dressed in hostile puce. " page 249.

hellebore: Any of various plants of the genus Helleborus, native to Eurasia, most species of which are poisonous. "She took the tiniest sip possible from her drink, as if suspecting hellebore." page 259.

disreputable: Lacking respectability, as in character, behavior, or appearance. "There was an address is a disreputable area- not even a residential neighborhood." page 260.

skeins: A length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil. "The strands are the same, the skeins are the same; the rock remembers; the water has memory; the air has a past for which it can be held accountable; the flame renews itself like a pfenix." page 269.

rutabaga: A length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil. "What's to be done?" said Sarima. "Here, taste this rutabaga, is it gone to the dogs?" page 276.

piqued: To provoke; arouse. "Elphaba, her curiosity as piqued as anyone else's, stood with the Dowager Princess of the Arjikis and her sisters on a parapet above the crudely carved front doorway." page 278.

sullen: Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky. "The only small annoyance (besides that Nanny wasn't a young eligible princeling looking for a bride) was that Liir still conducted his campaign of sullen disappearance." page 279.

lurid: Glowing or shining with the glare of fire through a haze. "When they swiveled the cover off, the lurid gleam of light on pale human flesh had terrified them."

obdurate: Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent. "And I think some of the spirits are very patient, very wearing, very obdurate." page 285.



Were there any vocabulary words that you were confused about in this chapter?


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