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Term | Definition |
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condemnation | strong disapproval, "Yes!" Jessica agreed with another giggle. "They're all together though â Emmett and Rosalie, and Jasper and Alice, I mean. And they live together." Her voice held all the shock and condemnation of the small town |
surreptitiously | secretly, As I walked down the aisle to introduce myself to the teacher and get my slip signed, I was watching him surreptitiously |
hostile | very unfriendly, He stared at me again, meeting my eyes with the strangest expression on his face â it was hostile, furious. |
antagonistic | hostile, I kept my eyes down as I went to sit by him, bewildered by the antagonistic stare he'd given me. |
averting | turning away, He was leaning away from me, sitting on the extreme edge of his chair and averting his face like he smelled something bad. |
inconspicuously | discreetly/carefully, Inconspicuously, I sniffed my hair. It smelled like strawberries, the scent of my favorite shampoo. |
burly | large and muscular, He wasn't nearly as slight as he'd looked next to his burly brother. |
mandatory | required, At home, only two years of P.E. were required. Here, P.E. was mandatory all four years. |
literally | factually or exactly, Here, P.E. was mandatory all four years. Forks was literally my personal hell on Earth. |
tousled | messy, Edward Cullen stood at the desk in front of me. I recognized again that tousled brown hair. |
hastily | hurriedly, "Never mind, then," he said hastily in a voice like velvet. "I can see that it's impossible. Thank you so much for your help." |
haven | place of safety or comfort, When I got to the truck, it was almost the last car in the lot. It seemed like a haven, already the closest thing to home I had in this damp green hole. |
maternally | related to mother, "How did your first day go, dear?" the receptionist asked maternally. |
opaque | solid or unclear, It was better because it wasn't raining yet, though the clouds were dense and opaque. |
terminator | one who kills, But I knew myself too well to think I would really have the guts to do it. I made the Cowardly Lion look like the terminator |
elated | very excited, Mike intercepted us and steered us to his table. Jessica seemed elated by the attention, and her friends quickly joined us. |