The Ink Witch: Part 2

by Steph Cherrywell
Twelve-year-old Becca learns she's a witch when her aunt visits and puts her mother under a powerful spell, and with the help of some magical friends, she sets out on a quest for a potion to save her mother.

Here are links to our lists for the book: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
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  1. incapacitated
    lacking in or deprived of strength or power
    “Part of being a familiar is that you help the boss. When the boss is incapacitated, you use your best judgment about how to do that.”
  2. telepathic
    communicating without apparent physical signals
    “Mother obviously wants me to help you, right? So, you’re borrowing me. That’s why we have a telepathic bond!”
  3. outcast
    a person who is rejected (from society or home)
    “In her case it never really kicked in and she became a sad outcast.”
  4. exult
    express great joy
    “I am getting everything!” Natalya exulted.
  5. veer
    turn sharply; change direction abruptly
    Natalya veered off to sniff around the base of a utility pole.
  6. gangly
    tall, thin, and awkward
    Becca could see a couple of employees inside—one, tall and gangly, at the cash register; another behind the counter looking at her phone.
  7. delusional
    suffering from or characterized by erroneous beliefs
    It would just make everyone think she was delusional.
  8. momentary
    lasting for a markedly brief time
    She tossed one up in the air, giving it the momentary illusion of life, and then snapped down.
  9. refract
    subject to change in direction of a propagating wave
    Everyone thought it rained all the time in Seattle, but the summers got nastily sunny, and it was easy to get burned with no water around her to refract the rays.
  10. intervene
    get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action
    The witch was watching her as calmly as ever, still making no motion to intervene.
  11. measly
    contemptibly small in amount
    Lake Union was barely a puddle, but humans—witches included—couldn’t even handle a measly fifty feet of water pressure without their delicate systems running into problems.
  12. incompetent
    showing lack of skill or aptitude
    “Are you people all incompetent?”
  13. trivial
    of little substance or significance
    “Oh, if only I had noticed it sooner! To think that such a trivial matter could upend all your plans and lead to your public humiliation.”
  14. ascendancy
    the state when one person or group has power over another
    “Let’s get to work! I’m not letting my ascendancy get derailed by some little blah-blah-blah paperwork error!”
  15. cloying
    overly sweet
    Since when did that freak Rhubarbara, who preferred cloying human sweets to real food, eat traditional witch dishes like anchovy-Limburger-kimchi sandwiches?
Created on Fri Mar 27 05:43:50 EDT 2026 (updated Tue Jun 02 15:45:55 EDT 2026)

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