The Midnight Library

The Midnight Library Glossary

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Henry David Thoreau

Famous American naturalist, essayist, and philosopher known for writing Walden and Civil Disobedience.

perpendicular

at a ninety-degree angle to a given plane

prospect

possibility

quaint

old-fashioned

polygon

a shape with at least three sides

corridor

hallway

lorikeet

brightly colored parrot

rummaged

roughly sort through

cross

annoyed

lanyard

a cord necklace often used to hold identification information

archipelago

island chain

skerry

reef or rocky island

toffee

hard candy made from sugar and butter

staccato

in a short, punctuated rhythm

monotony

repetitive dullness

sentiment

feeling

auburn

reddish-brown color

bombard

overwhelm

impromptu

unplanned

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