Spy School Vocab

communal - "there was a small communal lounge with a few couches and tattered chairs"

disdainful - "he was casting a disdainful eye on the contents of my closet"

suffice - "I suppose this tennis racket will suffice"

precipitously - the peaked roof of the building slanted so precipitously that I couldn't stand

pristine swath - "beyond the buildings stood a pristine swath of forest"

ergo - "Ergo, you've considered a career as a spy."

fetid - "forest was untouched until our forefathers decided a fetid, malaria-ridden swamp ..."

divvied - "the attic had been haphazardly divvied into cramped little rooms"

suave and debonair - "He seemed about fifty - but still suave and debonair."

cavernous - "The library was cavernous - four floors of wide balconies around a central floor"

more roguish - "He was a stocky man who thought he was more roguish than he really was."

dithered - "While I dithered about what to do, Chip started out the door"

mezzanine - On the mezzanine level, a human shape emerged from the shadows"

exacerbated - "He had a slight twitch which seemed to be exacerbated by his anger"

dissuaded - "A chance to prove I wouldn't be dissuaded by the threat of hard work ..."

aloofness - " Erica was sitting alone, but I suspected her aloofness was a front"

coiffed - "his hair was thick and perfectly coiffed, it was also quite obviously a toupee"

imminent - "I followed her, ducking my head, fearing an imminent attack"

disingenuous - "Chip's muscles relaxed. He flashed a disingenuous smile."

elite - "Being an elite operative requires sacrifice"

dowdy - "Indeed it looked like a dowdy old prep school . . ."

mundane - "seven months into the twelfth year of my mundane existence."

intrigued - "Alexander looked the tiniest bit intrigued".

prestigious - "Mom and dad were proud of me for being admitted into a prestigious institution"

uncanny - "I have a gift for math - and an uncanny ability to always know the exact time"

impeccably - "Our fellow students sat ramrod straight and were impeccably dressed"

nonchalant - "Wow, I said trying to seem nonchalant even though I was secretly thrilled"

circumventing - "Were we cleverly circumventing them or were they waiting to ambush?"

inauspicious - "I arrived with Alexander at an inauspicious time, minutes before nightfall ..."

sequestered - "My room was on the top floor - all first years were sequestered up there ..."