I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Vocabulary List Chapters 1-3

having to do with the whole : applying to more than just a small area or group

Apparently this was common knowledge.

of better quality and usually more expensive than the usual ones of its kind : very luxurious

Dolores Doyle's skirts are always the right length, she had perfect knife-straight hair, and she even has the deluxe set of Magic Markers, the one with every color in the world.

to be the cause of or reason for

I think maybe a a lot can be determined by a person's name.

to consider unlikely

He said he doubted Mr. Doyle's law firm was looking to hire telephone linemen.

the repetition of a sound caused by the reflection of sound waves

Was there an echo in the room?

to laugh noisily

"That's so stupid!" Billy Parker guffawed.

very tall and thin

He is tall and what you would call lanky.

to hurt the feelings of or insult

Because I checked in the phone book and I hope you won't be offended, but let me tell you, even around here, there is more than one Michael Collins.

to travel around (something, such as a planet or moon) in a curved path : to make an orbit around (something)

Michael Collins is just going to be orbiting it.

to say that (something) will or might happen in the future

"Wouldn't it be foolish of me to try to predict-"

possibility of loss or injury

Usually, I do my best not to answer things in class, because of the risks.

to change or make a change in place, position, or direction

This time though, it wasn't too bad, because Mrs. Collins immediately shifted the class into the assignment part.

genuinely or truly : in a sincere or truthful way

Sincerely yours, Mamie Anderson.

to experience something unpleasant

Believe me, I've been told about the importance of clean underwear more than once, how it has to be that way in case an ambulance ever comes for you because you do not want to suffer the embarrassment of dirty underwear in such a situation.

according to a very strict explanation of a rule, fact, etc.

Well, technically you're not going to the moon.

the degree of loudness of a sound

Listening to them have discussion after discussion, mostly I can just hear the volume of but not the specific words.