The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum: Chapters 6–10

by Lisa Yee
Olive is sent to a private school where she is teamed up with other "misfit" gifted students as part of an undercover crime-fighting crew. Their big assignment: Save their school.

Here are links to our lists for the book: Chapters 1–5, Chapters 6–10, Chapters 11–15, Chapters 16–26, Chapter 27–Epilogue
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  1. gobsmacked
    completely shocked or astonished
    “I was gobsmacked when it happened! Simply gobsmacked!”
  2. impending
    close in time; about to occur
    However, she needed more than a cookie, no matter how lovely it was, to take her mind off her abandonment and the impending Conundrum.
  3. foreboding
    a feeling of evil to come
    As Olive left Butter Bakery and continued to explore, an unexpected gust of wind swept away her sense of foreboding.
  4. furtively
    in a secretive manner
    Olive glanced furtively toward the mansion, where most of the teachers and students were.
  5. opulent
    rich and superior in quality
    Already, she could see that the back of Foggy Manor was in ruins....
    This didn’t resemble anything like the front of the opulent mansion, with its manicured lawns and topiary gardens.
  6. gangly
    tall, thin, and awkward
    Here, gangly trees, bramblebushes, and gnarly weeds reminded her of the forest of thorns that surrounded Sleeping Beauty’s castle.
  7. slog
    walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
    Drenched, she dragged herself out of the moat and hurriedly slogged toward Foggy Manor, leaving a trail of puddles and shame behind her.
  8. wryly
    in a humorously sarcastic or mocking manner
    Piles of papers were stacked so high that Olive couldn’t see Yash until she came around to the front. The woman lowered her goggles and gave Olive’s clothes the once-over. “Fascinating look,” Yash noted wryly.
  9. squelch
    suppress or crush completely
    Olive squelched the urge to fidget, instead massaging her hand, which was sore from gripping her pencil too tight.
  10. deductive
    relating to reasoning from the general to the particular
    “Olive Cobin Zang, congratulations on your most excellent Conundrum! Your quick wit, honesty, and powers of deductive, inductive, and reductive reasoning were stellar. Oof!”
  11. inductive
    proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion
    “Olive Cobin Zang, congratulations on your most excellent Conundrum! Your quick wit, honesty, and powers of deductive, inductive, and reductive reasoning were stellar. Oof!”
  12. stately
    impressive in appearance
    There was a canopy bed fit for a princess—it had more puffy pillows than she knew what to do with—and a stately purple armchair with gold tassels awaited her in the corner.
  13. venue
    the scene of any event or action
    Richly colored walls encircled the stadium-sized venue.
  14. steampunk
    science fiction that features 19th-century technology
    There was an aboveground pool spilling over with colorful balls, and in one corner a machine that looked more steampunk than cutting-edge was churning out bubbling green ooze.
  15. angst
    an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety
    Olive shook off her angst as she remembered what Mimi always said: “As long as you try, you’re a success.”
Created on Thu Oct 08 19:10:11 EDT 2026 (updated Tue Nov 03 12:55:39 EST 2026)

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