Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Word finder by Minerva Ontiveros Chapter 12-19

Conveyance
here, meaning transportation.

Fretful
agitated or uneasy.

Shed
here, meaning discard or forget.

Admonition
warning

Genetic scientists
here, scientist who study human genes and attempt to eliminate differences, or unique characteristics, in people and in the environment.

Geraniums
common house or garden plants that have white, pink, or red flowers.

Sinuous
curving and supple

Assimilated
absorbed

Electrode
a conductor through which electric charge is passed.

Invigorating
powerfully exciting

Ominous
threatening

Parched
dried

Carnage
here, meaning mutilated and bloody body.

Ecstatic
exciting and pleasurable.

Luminous
brightly lit.

1 comment:

  1. The vocabulary becomes darker towards the end of this section's chapters. Representing Jonas' shift in character. Allison Lindsey

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