"D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T." by Abby White, Prologue-Chapter 9

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In this novel, D.J. is determined to solve the mystery of her beloved older cousin's death, while also trying to grieve her loss and prepare for her own bat mitz­vah.

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  1. idyllic
    charmingly simple and serene
    The idyllic slideshow left us totally unprepared for northeast Ohio in early August.
  2. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
    I don’t have long to ruminate on my invisibility before the shorter figure steps up.
  3. motivational
    of or serving to provide incentive or stimulus to action
    Teachers hanging motivational posters over dents in the walls, clumps of band kids tapping offbeat outside the music room, janitors scrubbing a couple crimson stains out of the floor—Char knows each and every person, and steers us toward all of them.
  4. archetype
    something that serves as a model
    She’s a 2000s villain archetype: tall and thin with platinum hair, blue-gray eyes, and what looks like a permanent smirk.
  5. tenet
    a basic principle or belief that is accepted as true
    “In the future, you should all join Miss”—she glances at her seating chart—“Kumar in returning my greeting. It is one of the basic tenets of politeness I aim to teach you this year.”
  6. grimace
    contort the face to indicate a certain mental state
    Char swallows and grimaces.
  7. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
    How have I never noticed before that breathing is so difficult? “Onerous,” my mom would call it.
  8. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
    Jonah and Rabbi Flores feign an appropriate amount of interest in Indy, my mom’s new job at Briar College, and the Squirrel Gazette.
  9. gist
    the choicest or most vital part of some idea or experience
    I get the gist.
  10. semblance
    the outward or apparent appearance or form of something
    No one else questioned the police’s determination of suicide, even with the facts that didn’t fit—leaving her room in the middle of the night, going to some random forest by herself, her body so deep in the darkness it took hours to find, ending her life without a semblance of a reason…
  11. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
    Don’t sound too excited, I chide myself.
  12. veritable
    being truly so called; real or genuine
    Char’s fingers are dancing through her hair now, a veritable cha-cha slide.
  13. reconvene
    meet or cause to meet again
    That Friday afternoon, we reconvene with two pizzas, six cans of pop, and a whiteboard at Char’s house.
  14. deign
    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
    Finally, Tori deigns to look between us.
  15. quell
    suppress or crush completely
    I try to quell the flames with my next, cold sentence.
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