Essential Twelfth Grade Vocabulary: List 12

Of course, the two "types" of health — physical and mental — are intimately intertwined, even inextricable, as health experts and doctors will attest. Salon (Jan 1, 2020)

Now, the Hong Kong neighborhood is thriving, as a nascent cultural scene emerges and as young creative types and entrepreneurs alike are being lured by cheaper rents. New York Times (Mar 19, 2010)

"A precocious child," Miss Honey said, "is one that shows amazing intelligence early on. You are an unbelievably precocious child." Matilda

Finding my seat at last, I was overcome with a presentiment of worse things to come. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

He stared over at Franny’s prostrate, face-down position on the couch, and heard, probably for the first time, the only partly stifled sounds of anguish coming from her. Franny and Zooey

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw someone sidling up to him, and he knew who it was without looking. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage

She and Grace are solicitous on the way home, linking their arms through mine, asking me how I feel. Cat's Eye

No one even knew Major de Coverley’s first name, because no one had ever had the temerity to ask him. Catch-22

Ash went about her work in silence as Ana upbraided her about her poor cooking skills, the invisible layer of dust on the dining room table, the unevenness of her stitching on their stockings. Ash

I learn that Lou Anne, whom I find dull and vapid and have never paid much mind to, gave Louvenia two weeks off with pay so she could help her grandson. The Help