8R English: Looking for Alibrandi vocab

Chp 1, unit 3: Identity

pondered

To think about something carefully

snickers

to laugh at someone in a silly and often unkind way

reincarnation

To be born again in another body

pledge

A promise

HSC

High School Certificate (Australian Grade 12 examination)

guise

Hiding the true nature of something

naïveté

Innocence, lack of experience

butting in

interrupting

erratic

Moving or behaving in a way that is not regular

at loggerheads

To be in disagreement

fall from grace

When you do something that makes people in authority stop liking you or admiring you

illegitimacy

When you are born to parents that aren't married

Bohemian

Socially unconventional (don't follow social rules) in an artistic way.

legacy

something that is a part of your history or that is passed down through your family

mantelpiece

A shelf above a fireplace.

dumbfounded

To be so shocked that you can't speak

mind-boggling

extremely surprising and difficult to understand or imagine

puke

vomit

mimic

To copy someone, usually to be funny or to make fun of someone