Unvanquishedpage 1

“The unvanquished truth, is how Freak would say it, and for a long

time it was him who did the talking.”

(adj.)undefeated

Duplexpage 4

“That barefoot summer when I fell down a lot, and the weirdo robot boy with his white-yellow

hair and his weird fierce eyes moved into the duplex down the block with his beautiful brown-

haired mom, the Fair Gwen of Air.”Noun

A two family house

Microsecondpage 6

“and when it goes off your heart thuds to a stop for a microsecond, wham.”

NounA unit equal to one millionth of a second

Mainstreampage 6

“Not your mainstream, nationwide, brand-name mover, either, just some

cheapo local outfit.”

AdjectiveA trendpopular

Hunkeringpage 8

“By this time I’m hunkering along in front of the place, trying to maintain a

casual attitude…”

VerbSquatting close to the ground

crouching

Scuttlepage 10

“Scuttle into your dim hole in the ground, Maxwell, dear.”

VerbTo sink down into

Bulkheadpage 11

“and pretty soon the down under starts to get small, like the walls are shrinking, and I go up the bulkhead stairs into the back yard and find a

place where I can check it out.”

NounStructure built to cover a cellar stairway

Installationpage 13

“We’ll schedule installation of a new propulsion unit as soon as the Fair Gwen of Air gets a replacement.”

VerbThe act of placing something in position for use

Propulsionpage 13

“We’ll schedule installation of a new propulsion unit as soon as the Fair Gwen of Air gets a replacement.”

NounThe process of driving forward or propelling

Demeanorpage 15

“Grim would be, I suppose, a sobriquet (descriptive nickname) for your

grandfather, based on his demeanor.”

NounThe way in which a person behaves

PostulatedPage 16

“I merely postulated that you call you grandfather ‘Grim’ because he’s grim.

Verbsuggested

Invinciblepage 17

“They wore this metal amor to protect them and make them invincible.”

AdjectiveIncapable of being defeated

Opiatepage 19

“Opiate, a drug…”

NounA drug

OffendedPage 23

“I get the impression poor Gwen wasn’t expecting to see you looking so big, and now she thinks she’s offended

you.”

VerbTo cause displeasure, anger, resentment or

wounded feelings

Depletedpage 26

“When do we eat? My fuel cells are depleted.”

VerbTo decrease the fullness of, use up or empty out

Expelpage 27

“Expel the object!”

VerbTo force or drive out

Regurgitatepage 27

“Regurgitate, you big moron!”

VerbTo rush or surge up, throw up

Cretinpage 31

“Come along Maxwell…ignore the cretin.”

NounSlang for idiot

PerspectivePage 34

“Amazing perspective up here…this is what you see all the time.”

NounA mental view or aspect

Trajectorypage 34

“They’ve locked on to us. Their trajectory is converging.”

NounThe path of a moving body through space

Possessedpage 42

“and it’s like I’m possessed or something, I’ve no idea where the

things I’m saying are coming from, or why.”

AdjectiveInfluenced or controlled by something

Confrontationpage 43

“He’s taking evasive action. Avoiding a confrontation.”

NounTo meet face to face; conflict of opposing ideas

Vegetatepage 44

“So mostly I just vegetate in the basement and pick my navel…”

VerbTo exist in a state of physical or mental

inactivity; to do nothing

Avaricepage 49

“That’s the Castle of Avarice”

NounExcessive desire for wealth

Divulgedpage 51

“Now swear on your heart that the data you are about to receive will be

divulged to no one.”

VerbTo make known something that was private or

was a secret

BionicPage 51

“The unit’s mission is to develop a new form of bionic robot for

human modification.”Adjective

Using electronic devices and mechanical parts to replace parts of the body to help humans

perform difficult or dangerous tasks

ModificationPage 51

“The unit’s mission is to develop a new form of bionic robot for

human modification.”

NounA small alteration, adjustment

Optimumpage 56

“Optimum darkness occurs at oh-three-hundred hours.”

AdjectivePerfect or favorable, exact

Damselpage 63

“The Damsel of Distress”

NounA young woman or girl

Fidgetypage 64

“He’s up there on my shoulders and he’s getting fidgety, squirming

around.”

AdjectiveNervous and unable to relax: restless

Hombrepage70

“What a tough hombre he was.”

NounMan or fellow

Dyslexicpage 81

“Max, the tests have always shown that you’re not dyslexic or

disabled…”

AdjectiveHaving impaired ability to comprehend written

words

Biogenicpage 88

“A minor incident…Easily corrected by biogenic intervention.”

AdjectiveProduced by living organisms

Deprivedpage 103

“You know how many Christmas Eves I’ve been deprived of my own blood

kin?”

VerbLacking in advantage, opportunity, or experience

Dysfunctionalpage 109

“Now, your grandparents say you’re nothing but a dysfunctional retard…”

AdjectiveAbnormal or impaired functioning, especially of

a bodily system or social group

Redeemedpage 118

“and what they love to hear about is a bad man who has redeemed himself.”

VerbTo change for the better

to make up for

Illiteratepage 118

“I learned how to preach the word to a lot of illiterate convicts, but they were no more ignorant than a lot of other

folk.”

AdjectiveUnable to read or write

Precautionpage 118

“This is just a precaution.”

NounAn action taken in advance to protect against

possible danger, failure or injury

Functionalpage 121

“After a while my father says, First thing first, get me a firearm.

Something small but functional.”

AdjectiveCapable of performing or operating

Aberrationpage 137

“Dr. Spivak says my unique status as a marvel of genetic aberration make me

an object of intense curiosity,”

NounA deviation from the proper or expected course

LinearPage 143

“Or how about linear accelerator, just a small one so I can split a few

atoms?”

AdjectiveResembling a line

straight

Acceleratorpage 143

“Or how about linear accelerator, just a small one so I can split a few

atoms?”

NounA device for increasing speed

Prodigypage 143

“Talk about a prodigy,” Freak says. “One year old and he’s on his way

to ninth grade”

NounA person with exceptional talents or powers

Gyppage 147

“All I keep thinking is, what a gyp it is to have to go into the hospital

on your birthday.”

VerbCheat or swindle

Tracheotomypage 149

“It’s called a tracheotomy, he says holding his finger against the button,

which stops the whistling noise.”

nSurgical incision of the trachea (tube that sends

air) through the neck, to make an artificial opening for breathing

Manifestationpage 149

“I’m not coming home, he says. Not in my present manifestation.”

NounA sign of existence, reality, or presence of something

Stabilizespage 151

“Okay, it was just a bad spell, that they have him stabilized.”

VerbTo keep from fluctuating

To hold steady