Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar
Children-Chapter 2
purgatory - ANS- in Catholic teachings, a place where souls went before they went to
heaven
beige - ANS- a very light brown
earshot - ANS- the distance within which a sound can be heard
pitying - ANS- feeling or expressing sorrow or pity
knitted brows - ANS- when eyebrows are closer together when you are worried or
thinking carefully
heirloom - ANS- a family possession handed down from generation to generation
fret - ANS- worry
lest - ANS- for fear that
shatter - ANS- to break into many pieces
plagued - ANS- constantly troubled or bothered
nubs - ANS- small rounded parts that sticks out from something
venture - ANS- to go somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
refrain - ANS- A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem or
song
version - ANS- A way of presenting, a point of view
rational - ANS- resonable
sketch artist - ANS- an artist who draws a picture of a suspect from a witness'
description
clarifications - ANS- (n.) the act of making clear or understandable, explanations
, placate - ANS- to satisfy or calm down (angry or dissatisfied person)
transparent - ANS- allowing light to pass through; easily recognized or understood;
easily seen through or detected
feral - ANS- existing in a wild or untamed state
brain-shrinker or head-shrinker - ANS- slang term for a mental health professional such
as a psychiatrist, psychologist or therapist
coiled - ANS- twisted, wound into circular or spiral form
Adirondack chair - ANS- wooden slant-back lawn chair the seat of which usu. is higher at
the front than at the back
Amish country - ANS- Name for areas, chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania and
northeastern Ohio, that are inhabited by the Amish
grim - ANS- fierce
determination - ANS- a quality that makes you continue trying to do or achieve
something that is difficult
vaguely - ANS- not clearly expressed
connoisseur - ANS- an expert, particularly in matters of art and taste
affectless - ANS- Lacking or showing no emotion
hypnotizing - ANS- having the effect of putting one in a trance or sleep
trauma - ANS- serious physical or emotional injury
reeling - ANS- Thrown off balance and falling
conjured - ANS- Performed tricks in which things seem to appear, disappear, or change
as if by magic
bogeyman - ANS- an imaginary evil character of supernatural powers
acute - ANS- Sharp
diagnosis - ANS- Identification of an injury or disease
Children-Chapter 2
purgatory - ANS- in Catholic teachings, a place where souls went before they went to
heaven
beige - ANS- a very light brown
earshot - ANS- the distance within which a sound can be heard
pitying - ANS- feeling or expressing sorrow or pity
knitted brows - ANS- when eyebrows are closer together when you are worried or
thinking carefully
heirloom - ANS- a family possession handed down from generation to generation
fret - ANS- worry
lest - ANS- for fear that
shatter - ANS- to break into many pieces
plagued - ANS- constantly troubled or bothered
nubs - ANS- small rounded parts that sticks out from something
venture - ANS- to go somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
refrain - ANS- A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem or
song
version - ANS- A way of presenting, a point of view
rational - ANS- resonable
sketch artist - ANS- an artist who draws a picture of a suspect from a witness'
description
clarifications - ANS- (n.) the act of making clear or understandable, explanations
, placate - ANS- to satisfy or calm down (angry or dissatisfied person)
transparent - ANS- allowing light to pass through; easily recognized or understood;
easily seen through or detected
feral - ANS- existing in a wild or untamed state
brain-shrinker or head-shrinker - ANS- slang term for a mental health professional such
as a psychiatrist, psychologist or therapist
coiled - ANS- twisted, wound into circular or spiral form
Adirondack chair - ANS- wooden slant-back lawn chair the seat of which usu. is higher at
the front than at the back
Amish country - ANS- Name for areas, chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania and
northeastern Ohio, that are inhabited by the Amish
grim - ANS- fierce
determination - ANS- a quality that makes you continue trying to do or achieve
something that is difficult
vaguely - ANS- not clearly expressed
connoisseur - ANS- an expert, particularly in matters of art and taste
affectless - ANS- Lacking or showing no emotion
hypnotizing - ANS- having the effect of putting one in a trance or sleep
trauma - ANS- serious physical or emotional injury
reeling - ANS- Thrown off balance and falling
conjured - ANS- Performed tricks in which things seem to appear, disappear, or change
as if by magic
bogeyman - ANS- an imaginary evil character of supernatural powers
acute - ANS- Sharp
diagnosis - ANS- Identification of an injury or disease
