Vocabulary (by Chapter )
Chapter 1:
madras: cotton, plaid material (for clothing)
cowlick: an unruly tuft of hair
unfathomable: difficult or impossible to
understand
Chapter 2:
hastily: quickly, without much thought
roguishly: playfully mischievous; devilishly
incredulous: skeptical; disbelieving
Chapter 3:
gallant(ly): brave; courageous; dashing
aloof(ness): indifference; emotional distance
elite: privileged; the best of a class
Chapter 4:
apprehensive: anxious or fearful about the future
defiance: bold resistance (to authority)
contemptuously: disrespectfully; scornfully
Chapter 5:
reluctant(ly): unwilling(ly)
eluded: failed to be remembered or understood;
escaped from memory
fiend: an addict
Chapter 6:
keeled: to fall or faint
towheaded: having light, almost white blonde
hair
Chapter 7:
mimicked: copied someone’s speech
juvenile delinquent: a juvenile (kid) guilty of
criminal behavior; troublemaker
aghast: struck with fear
Chapter 8:
faltered: paused uncertainly
diverted: to deliberately take someone's
attention from something by making them think
about or notice other things
dogged(ly): with stubborn determination
Chapter 9:
“spruced up”: dressed in fancy or formal clothing
grimaced: twisted your face in an ugly way
because you don’t like something, you’re in pain,
or you’re trying to be funny
stifle: to stop something from happening
Chapter 10:
stupor: a state in which you cannot think, speak,
see, or hear clearly
delirious: sudden, severe confusion
reckless: not caring or worrying about the
possible bad or dangerous results of your actions
Chapters 11-12:
bewildered: totally confused
acquitted: court states that someone is not guilty
of a crime
composition: a piece of writing
madras: cotton, plaid material (for clothing)
cowlick: an unruly tuft of hair
unfathomable: difficult or impossible to
understand
Chapter 2:
hastily: quickly, without much thought
roguishly: playfully mischievous; devilishly
incredulous: skeptical; disbelieving
Chapter 3:
gallant(ly): brave; courageous; dashing
aloof(ness): indifference; emotional distance
elite: privileged; the best of a class
Chapter 4:
apprehensive: anxious or fearful about the future
defiance: bold resistance (to authority)
contemptuously: disrespectfully; scornfully
Chapter 5:
reluctant(ly): unwilling(ly)
eluded: failed to be remembered or understood;
escaped from memory
fiend: an addict
Chapter 6:
keeled: to fall or faint
towheaded: having light, almost white blonde
hair
Chapter 7:
mimicked: copied someone’s speech
juvenile delinquent: a juvenile (kid) guilty of
criminal behavior; troublemaker
aghast: struck with fear
Chapter 8:
faltered: paused uncertainly
diverted: to deliberately take someone's
attention from something by making them think
about or notice other things
dogged(ly): with stubborn determination
Chapter 9:
“spruced up”: dressed in fancy or formal clothing
grimaced: twisted your face in an ugly way
because you don’t like something, you’re in pain,
or you’re trying to be funny
stifle: to stop something from happening
Chapter 10:
stupor: a state in which you cannot think, speak,
see, or hear clearly
delirious: sudden, severe confusion
reckless: not caring or worrying about the
possible bad or dangerous results of your actions
Chapters 11-12:
bewildered: totally confused
acquitted: court states that someone is not guilty
of a crime
composition: a piece of writing