The Unforgettable Logan Foster: List 3

by Shawn Peters
This first book of the series introduces a twelve-year-old orphan whose last name reminds him of all the unsuccessful placements with foster families, until he is chosen by a mysterious couple.

This list covers pages 110–172 the 2022 HarperCollins edition.

Here are links to our lists for the novel: List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4
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  1. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
    However, the man in the lab coat seemed unfazed and was more curious about how it was possible that Gil and Margie had a child, what with her being an alien and him being a sentient mass of energy.
  2. debriefing
    a meeting in which someone reports on a mission or task
    I figured that would make everything better, but instead, Colonel Gdula insisted Margie and Gil come with him to a debriefing room immediately.
    “I want you two to account for every day since you went incommunicado, all the way up to this attack at the movie theater, which we now have to clean up!”
  3. messiah
    any expected deliverer
    “Thousands of years ago, people called them demigods, heroes, angels, and messiahs...or wizards. Some were even labeled demons if they used their uniqueness to harm instead of help. Many became rulers. Kings and queens who claimed to be given power by God. Great leaders and notorious legends whose names you probably know.”
  4. covert
    secret or hidden
    “A global network of superheroes, managed, regulated, and kept hidden by the greatest, most covert global alliance the planet has ever seen. And no one else on Earth needed to know about it...at least, that was the original goal,” Dr. Chrysler explained as he walked me into the MASC cafeteria for breakfast.
  5. rogue
    disposed to or engaged in defiance of authority or rules
    “Within twenty years of MASC’s formation, the world was on the brink of another great war, and although MASC tried to defuse the situation, the Nazis made that impossible. They started recruiting rogue, superpowered individuals who were willing to fight—and even kill—in exchange for money, power, or other personal gains.”
  6. inclination
    an attitude of mind that favors one alternative over others
    I’m sure Colonel Gdula is happy to throw the label around, although I’ve found no one is a villain from his or her own point of view. But it’s fair to say these superhumans had no inclination toward heroism.
  7. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
    But it’s fair to say these superhumans had no inclination toward heroism. Some were mercenaries. Others were anarchists who enjoyed seeing the world tremble in fear.
  8. anarchist
    an advocate of the abolition of governments
    Some were mercenaries. Others were anarchists who enjoyed seeing the world tremble in fear.
  9. fascist
    relating to authoritarian hierarchical government
    At that point, with the Nazis amassing their own superhuman forces to take onto the battlefield, MASC couldn’t stay on the sidelines any longer. Remaining neutral would have led to fascist world domination.
  10. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
    However, up until then, comic books were...comic. They were about frivolous things, meant to elicit laughs from children.
  11. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
    They were about frivolous things, meant to elicit laughs from children.
  12. royalty
    payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource
    First it was just the comic books. Then it was radio shows, followed by movies, television, video games, and now online videos. In the past eighty years, MASC has given the world literally millions of hours of entertainment and funded its own operations around the world with the royalties, all while keeping the planet safe.
  13. coup
    a sudden and decisive change of government by force
    “Have you ever noticed that in most countries, there is a military that has all the firepower, and then there’s a government that runs the military, even though they don’t have any firepower of their own?”
    I nodded but pointed out, “Except in places where there have been military coups like Burundi in 1996 and Pakistan in 1999 and—”
  14. oversight
    management by watching and directing a person or group
    The point is there’s a danger in giving a group that already has firepower...too much power. That’s why it was decided the superheroes needed oversight.
  15. imposing
    impressive in appearance
    We finished our breakfasts and were about to walk out of the cafeteria when a chiseled, imposing man walked in wearing a mask that wrapped around his nose and mouth and a full-body, skintight aqua wet suit made out of some fabric that looked more liquid than solid.
  16. involuntarily
    against your will
    Dr. Chrysler put his hand on my shoulder, which stopped me but also made me pull away involuntarily.
  17. sprawling
    spreading out in different directions
    Then the tour continued, with Dr. Chrysler showing me around the lower level of the sprawling subterranean base, but my brief introduction to TideStrider had given me a whole new batch of questions.
  18. fabrication
    a deliberately false or improbable account
    Some are total fabrications. And for the record, all the archenemies you’ve read about are fictional. No purpose giving the real ones free publicity.
  19. siphon
    convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a tube
    But the most dangerous and most persistent one is called Necros. She has the ability to siphon life energy from anyone or anything she touches and use it to heal or strengthen herself.
  20. eradication
    the complete destruction of every trace of something
    When the Nazis approached her in 1942, she offered to join the Axis powers in exchange for the eradication of MASC once they won.
  21. jaundice
    yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes
    I explained to him that I never went in public pools and listed off eleven different infections one can contract from public bathing, including hepatitis A and hemorrhagic jaundice.
  22. diffusion
    the act of dispersing something
    The diffusion of responsibility. People are capable of solving most problems on their own if they think it’s their problem to solve. But if they think someone else could have solved it, humans are quick to point fingers.
  23. apparatus
    equipment designed to serve a specific function
    “These are my Time-Sensitive Neurocognitive Manipulation Apparatuses...but we just call them Houdini chairs. They are a last resort for when someone has seen something we can’t explain away.”
  24. manipulate
    influence or control shrewdly or deviously
    It appears he can manipulate existing seismic energy, though he can’t make it out of nothing.
  25. protocol
    code of correct conduct
    On the negative side, Quicksilver Siren and Ultra-Quantum broke protocol in about a dozen different ways. They moved their place of residence, failed to check in regularly for the past three weeks, and apparently used their secret identities to acquire a foster child and bring him here.
  26. insubordination
    defiance of authority
    He was hollering back at her about the chain of command and insubordination.
  27. averse
    strongly opposed
    Gil pleaded with Dr. Chrysler and warned him about the effects of a Houdini chair on a mind like mine. I got the feeling Dr. Chrysler didn’t disagree, but he also didn’t seem all that averse to giving it a try.
  28. bedlam
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
    It was bedlam. That is a fact. And that was before the rumbling started.
  29. seismic
    subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
    Stray blasts and seismic waves bounced all around us.
  30. endure
    undergo or be subjected to
    I took the bus home, enduring another round of verbal abuse from Jeff and Saul’s crew.
  31. approximation
    the quality of coming near to identity
    The computer wasn’t there, but I did see that Margie had cooked up what I can only assume was an alien’s approximation of meat loaf.
  32. infuse
    fill, as with a certain quality
    I started with the weirdness of Gil never eating because he’s actually a big ball of dark-matter- infused energy in a person suit.
  33. adequate
    having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
    “So the question is, what do we do now?”
    I didn’t really have an adequate reply ready, but once I regathered my thoughts, I realized that there might be clues in the house.
  34. casually
    in an unconcerned manner
    “Just waiting for Gil and Margie to get home.” I tried to say it as casually as possible, but since I really don’t know what casual feels like, I guess I didn’t get it right because Elena frowned.
  35. console
    a scientific instrument with displays and an input device
    Spools flipped over to reveal computer consoles. Lab equipment folded down from the racks of gear.
  36. reminiscent
    serving to bring to mind
    At that point, the crisp HD picture on the television turned grainy and pixelated. It was reminiscent of Monet’s various paintings of Rouen Cathedral from 1894, in that it wasn’t as clear as a photo, but from far away, the pixels were enough to capture the real way it felt when the studio crumbled below street level.
  37. accessory
    someone who helps another person commit a crime
    Then we waited for both of her parents to fall asleep so we could steal her mom’s car. At which point, I became an accessory to my first crime: grand theft auto.
  38. cliche
    an unoriginal or predictable theme, situation, or person
    “I wouldn’t have come this far if I wasn’t planning to help you all the way. We’re in this together, so you can miss me with the noise about me staying outside. That isn’t happening. It’s sexist and it’s cliché and it’s a bad idea. No offense.”
  39. manifest
    a document listing the contents put on a ship or plane
    Realizing we were holding hands, I involuntarily began reciting the manifest of the RMS Lusitania.
  40. placard
    a sign posted in a public place
    But the most interesting part of the tour came when we came to a stairwell and I was able to look at the floor diagram on the evacuation placard.
Created on Wed Jun 07 11:23:01 EDT 2023 (updated Thu Aug 17 13:53:11 EDT 2023)

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