Vocabulary for A Separate Peace

Dictate: an order or principle that must be obeyed

Infiltrate: enter or gain access surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information

Insidious: proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

Formidable: inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable

Prevailing: existing at a particular time; current

Resonance: the quality in a sound of being deep, full, and reverberating

Slackening: make or become loose; slowing or weakening

Mediocre: of only moderate quality; not very good

Contemplate: look thoughtfully for a long time at

Grudgingly: in a reluctant or resentful manner

Enmity: the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

Redouble: make or become much greater, more intense, or more numerous

Latent: existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed

Resignation: the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable

Curtly: in a rudely brief or abrupt manner

Jounce: jolt or bounce

Denounce: publicly declare to be wrong or evil

Amiably: in a friendly and pleasant manner

Transfixed: cause to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment

Diminished: made smaller or less