Unit 1: Selection Vocabulary 3

This list covers Stargirl and "Seventh Grade."
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  1. intense
    extremely sharp
    I was intensely aware of her passing behind my chair.
  2. nonconformity
    failure to follow accepted standards of behavior
    Mica Area High School—MAHS—was not exactly a hotbed of nonconformity.
  3. variant
    something a little different from others of the same type
    There were individual variants here and there, of course, but within pretty narrow limits we all wore the same clothes, talked the same way, ate the same food, listened to the same music.
  4. define
    determine the essential quality of
    We wanted to define her, to wrap her up as we did each other, but we could not seem to get past “weird” and “strange” and “goofy.”
  5. acquire
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
    In that moonlit hour, I acquired a sense of the otherness of things.
  6. scowl
    frown with displeasure
    They would stand, one arm around a beautiful woman, and scowl.
  7. conviction
    an unshakable belief in something without need for proof
    He scowled with greater conviction.
  8. anxious
    eagerly desirous
    The students squirmed in their chairs and ignored him, they were anxious to go to first period.
  9. unison
    the act of occurring together or simultaneously
    “A person, place, or thing,” said the class in unison.
  10. automatically
    in a reflex manner
    “Teresa,” Victor said automatically. Some of the girls giggled. They knew he had a crush on Teresa.
Created on Tue Nov 10 11:06:47 EST 2020 (updated Fri Nov 13 08:59:16 EST 2020)

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