Independent Novel Study Assignment #9 Vocabulary words from 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon'... - unerring adjective, always right or accurate - ostentatious adjective, seeking to attract attention/admiration/envy by gaudiness - chirruped verb, saying something in a high-pitched voice - jutting verb, extend/protrude from main body or line of something - disquiet noun, a feeling of anxiety or worry - battalion noun, a large body of troops ready for battle - mulch noun, material spread around a plant to enrich the soil - luxuriant adjective, rich and profuse in growth of vegetation; lush - pelted verb, hurling something or running somewhere quickly - brazen adjective, looks to be made of brass - alit verb (alight), to come down from something - truculent adjective, eager or quick to argue or fight - outcrop noun, a rock formation that is visible on the surface - streamlet noun, a small stream - disconsolately adverb, adjective: without consolation or comfort - dredging verb, clean out the bed of an area of water by scooping - hapless adjective, unfortunate - dopey adjective, stupefied by sleep or a drug - heretofore adverb, before now