HP Order of the Phoenix

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  1. telepathic
    communicating without apparent physical signals
    Harry also discovers that he and Voldemort have a telepathic connection, allowing Harry to view some of Voldemort's actions.
  2. security measures
    measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.
    Despite stringent security measures at Hogwarts, Harry is confronted by Black at the end of his third year of schooling and Harry learns that Black was framed and is actually Harry's godfather.
  3. activate
    put in motion
    In response to Voldemort's reappearance, Dumbledore re-activates the Order of the Phoenix, a secret society which works to defeat Voldemort's minions and protect Voldemort's targets, including Harry.
  4. magical
    possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
    This results in Harry's immediate fame, and his being placed in the care of his muggle, or non-magical, relatives Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.
  5. wizardry
    exceptional creative ability
    Harry enters the wizarding world at the age of 11, enrolling in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
  6. basilisk
    a serpent able to kill with its breath or glance
    Harry ends the attacks by killing a Basilisk and defeating another attempt by Lord Voldemort to return to full strength.
  7. disciplinary
    relating to discipline in behavior
    Harry uses magic to fight them off, and must attend a disciplinary hearing for it.
  8. Phoenix
    the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
    In response to Voldemort's reappearance, Dumbledore re-activates the Order of the Phoenix, a secret society which works to defeat Voldemort's minions and protect Voldemort's targets, including Harry.
  9. legendary
    so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a myth
    After returning to the school after summer break, several attacks on students take place at Hogwarts after the legendary "Chamber of Secrets" is opened.
  10. witchcraft
    the art of sorcery
    Harry enters the wizarding world at the age of 11, enrolling in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
  11. prophecy
    a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
    Moreover, it reveals an important prophecy concerning Harry and Voldemort.[2]
  12. conspiracy
    a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
    The novel introduces Harry to Luna Lovegood, an airy young witch with a tendency to believe in oddball conspiracy theories.
  13. transform
    change or alter in appearance or nature
    She transforms the school into a quasi-dictatorial regime and refuses to allow the students to learn ways to defend themselves against dark magic.[1]
  14. murdered
    killed unlawfully
    The timely arrival of members of the Order of the Phoenix saves the children's lives, but Sirius Black, Harry's godfather, is murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange.
Created on Wed Mar 24 17:27:13 EDT 2010 (updated Wed Mar 24 17:34:05 EDT 2010)

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