"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle, Chapters 1-3 : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus

In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind.

crevice

Wind blew in the crevices about the window frame, in spite of the protection the storm sash was supposed to offer.

sullen

Meg looked up at her mother, half in loving admiration, half in sullen resentment.

moderation

“You don’t know the meaning of moderation, do you, my darling?”

indignantly

“You peeked!” Charles cried indignantly. “We’re saving that for Mother’s birthday and you can’t have any!”

ferocious

Ferocious is not an adjective often used to describe braces, especially since braces are meant to straighten teeth instead of sharpening them to make them dangerous. The ferocity of the braces comes less from the barbed lines of wires and more from the way Meg is deliberately using them to reveal her anger at the principal's questioning of her father's occupation and whereabouts.

Meg bared her teeth to reveal the two ferocious lines of braces.

belligerent

“Do you enjoy being the most belligerent, uncooperative child in school?”

antagonistic

Try to be a little less antagonistic.

tractable

Maybe your work would improve if your general attitude were more tractable.

stifled

Meg let out a stifled shriek.

peremptory

But Charles Wallace held up his hand in a peremptory gesture.

assimilate