The Ink Witch: Part 3

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. pivot
    make a significant change in position, strategy, or process
    Fang pivoted to rock mining and sold aquarium gravel for the next twenty years, until the aquarium crash of 1895 shut him down for good.
  2. alight
    settle or come to rest
    Natalya alighted on a tree and gave her a long look.
  3. cantankerous
    stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
    “That’s just my brothers being cantankerous. I always did tell them they ought to be more welcoming.”
  4. denizen
    a person who inhabits a particular place
    The denizens of Rainier City were creatures of all shapes and descriptions.
  5. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
    It dumped her off and meandered away.
  6. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
    “Don’t you go getting mixed up in this, Jeremy,” Dee chided.
  7. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
    “Look,” Jeremy said, “I’m not sayin’ that lots of folks around here wouldn’t be happy to see the Ar brothers get the business end of a witch, right? But it might be better for everyone if you were a little more, ahhhh, circumspect about it, see?”
  8. tchotchke
    an inexpensive showy trinket
    You controlled the feet! And you left us behind to fend for ourselves while you ran off to waste your teeth carving tchotchkes!
  9. vertigo
    a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
    She felt Ragnar’s finger and thumb close around her ankle, and there was a moment of vertigo.
  10. slather
    spread thickly
    She didn’t have the reach to draw to scale, so she just slathered the ink on, thinking big and heavy and elephant with every pass.
  11. grouse
    complain
    “Yeah, but look at the volume!” Gunnar groused.
  12. aperture
    a usually small man-made opening
    Ragnar’s head was enclosed in a transparent helmet, while the other heads peered from apertures in the shoulders and breastplate.
  13. languidly
    in a lethargic manner
    “I can force you, too, kid,” Malatrice said, languidly raising her hand.
  14. mystique
    an aura of heightened interest surrounding a person or thing
    She got the feeling that Malatrice, too, sensed that a piece of her mystique had slipped away.
  15. ricochet
    spring back; spring away from an impact
    It hit with a flash of light and a shower of green sparks, then ricocheted straight back, clocking Trice right between the eyes.
Created on Fri Mar 27 05:44:01 EDT 2026 (updated Tue Jun 02 15:48:46 EDT 2026)

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