Words of Wonder
A state of calm, peace, and being untroubled.
What is serenity?
The scientific measurement of rain.
What is rainfall?
A feeling of sadness or gloom.
What is melancholy?
Showing fearlessness and determination.
What is dauntless?
A person who isn’t skilled at something—or not magical in Harry Potter—is called this.
What is a muggle?
Describes someone who is merry and good-natured.
What is jovial?
A complete change in form, like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly.
What is metamorphosis?
The quality of being open and honest in expression.
What is candor?
A person’s opponent or enemy.
What is adversary?
To move unsteadily from side to side.
What is wobbled?
The feeling that you’ve already experienced the current moment.
What is déjà vu?
A colony of algae and fungus living together.
What is lichen?
Selflessness or the act of rejecting one’s own interests.
What is abnegation?
A person not belonging to any group or faction.
What is factionless?
When a plan is messy and unorganized, it’s called this.
What is haphazard?
Extremely delicate, light, or seeming not quite real.
What is ethereal?
A reddish-orange great ape found in Southeast Asia.
What is an orangutan?
An obsession with the exercise of power or domination.
What is megalomania?
Acting bravely and spiritedly, even when it’s hard.
What is gamely?
Describes a place that feels perfect, heavenly, or idyllic.
What is paradisiacal?
Latin for “unknown land,” this phrase describes unexplored territory.
What is terra incognita?
A dried-out stream bed often found in deserts.
What is an arroyo?
The act of spying or using spies.
What is espionage?
Someone who takes the law into their own hands.
What is a vigilante?
To completely remove or destroy something.
What is elimination?