| A | B |
| antagonistic | hostile; unfriendly |
| relinquish | let go of; abandon |
| tangible | able to be touched, real, solid |
| tractable | manageable; obedient |
| sinister | bad; evil |
| spectacles | eye glasses |
| compulsion | strong urge to do something |
| raucous | loud |
| dilapidated | falling apart; in bad repair |
| deter | stop someone from doing something |
| Charles Wallace | prodigious child in Wrinkle |
| Meg Murray | intractable child in Wrinkle |
| Calvin | friend of the Murray children |
| person lived in a dilapidated house | Mrs. Whatsit |
| Meg's opinion of herself | ugly and not smart |