Week 2 Vocabulary
Morrigan was ________ after Jack spied on her and tricked her into searching for the shadow-wolf.
seething
Frank smirked drowsily. ‘…you’re the only hotelier in the Free State who’d never ________ a budget on my genius.’ ‘I do ________ a budget on your genius, Frank, but you always ignore it…’
impose
The ladder had returned, illuminated by ________ street light from the open manhole above.
ambient
He handed Morrigan the pomegranate from his stocking with a look of ________
distaste
She played ________ music to help everyone relax during quiet reading time.
ambient
There was more unrest in the capital city today as rumours of an ________ Wunder shortage continued to spread.
imminent
If word got out that Mr Squall was offering an apprenticeship, he’d have been ________ with parents trying to foist their children on him.
inundated
‘The book smoothed and whitened, uncurling its pages until they were once again ________.’
pristine
There isn’t a citizen in the entire realm who would sign such a pact, let alone three ________, outstanding signatories.
reputable
The man keep an eye on his watch, ________ his time until the football tickets went on sale.
biding
A loss of power means a ________ of wunder in the Wintersea republic.
scarcity
All of this - the marble floors and chandelier, the gleaming concierge desk, the grand piano in the corner, the ________ staircase - it was his.
resplendent
It was useless trying to get him to talk sense in this ridiculous heat. Morrigan ________ her feelings by kicking at a tuft of grass growing out of the sandstone.
vented
She hadn’t seen Inspector Flintlock, but she felt certain he was somewhere in the stadium, ________ his time. Waiting for her to fall on her face so he could seize his moment and arrest her.
biding
Jane felt ________ after yelling at her friend, so she wrote an apology letter.
remorseful
‘Maybe it faded away,’ Hawthorne moaned as they searched the kitchens for the third time. They’d looked all over the hotel, but the shadow-wolf _______ them. ‘All the others did.’
eluded
Scholars in the Wundrous Society are never ________. People think Society members are given a free ride, that once you get this little golden pin… your path will always be free and easy.
coddled
Fen was so fast they’d left half the crowd in their dust, but a number of ________ souls were keeping up.
tenacious
‘...I’ve never seen the Yule Queen on a billboard. I wouldn’t know her if I fell over her.’... ‘That’s because she has ________,’ said Jack, pointing his fork at Morrigan and ignoring his uncle.
integrity
The beach was so ________ that the sand looked clean and white, and there was no rubbish anywhere.
pristine
‘Vultures. Trying to get the scoop, are they?’ said Grandmother. She pointed at the maid. ‘Send them away with your most ________ sneer.’
contemptuous
The cobbled stretch of Empire Road had swelled from a merry hum of good spirits in the morning to ________, uncontainable revelry in the final hours before midnight.
raucous
‘But we’re supposed to be … making valuable ________ and …… and all that stuff they said at the Wundrous Welcome,’ Morrigan explained to Hawthorne.
alliances
“I know—I know. I’m sorry. Please, Mog, I’m so sorry. I know how confusing this is.” He was all _________ eyes, appeasing voice, and shielding hands.
remorseful
The garden was ________ with colourful flowers shining in the sunlight.
resplendent