Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Tentative
What is not certain or fixed; provisional?
Meg's father is trapped behind this
What is the darkness?
The Happy Medium tells the children that this is the key to fighting the Black Thing
What is love?
Seethe
What is to be filled with intense but unexpressed anger?
The light in the crystal ball did this when it touched the darkness?
What is disappeared?
Triumphant
What is having won a battle or contest; victorious?
A tesseract is this
What is the 5th dimension of space?
Meg notices that all of the children in the town are doing this
What is jumping rope and playing with balls in an exact rhythm?
Unkempt
What is lacking in order or neatness?
This is the light thing
What is a star?
Dissolution
What is the act or process of dissolving: such as separation into component parts?
This person totally understands the concept of the tesseract
Who is Charles Wallace?
The children see this in the crystal ball
What is their own planet?
Anticlimax
What is a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events?
The group tessers to this place after saying goodbye to the Happy Medium
What is the planet of Camazotz?
Glimpse
What is a momentary look?
After Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin's first tesseract, they end up on this foggy, grey planet
What is a planet in Orion's Belt?
This happens when the boy drops his ball
What is his mother rushes him inside?
Solemn
What is being serious and dignified in appearance or behavior?
This person is the most susceptible to the danger on Camazotz
What is Charles Wallace?
Reverberate
What is to be repeated several times as an echo?
The jolly woman in a silk turban and satin gown, who possesses a crystal ball
What is Happy Medium?
Charles Wallace correctly guesses this person was once a star who gave up their celestial existence by sacrificing its life to fight the Dark Thing
What is Mrs. Whatsit?
Simultaneous
What is occurring, operating, or done at the same time?
The paper delivery boy tells the children that Camazotz is governed by this
What is IT in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence?