Stargazing: Stargazing

by Jen Wang
Moon is unlike anyone Christine has ever met — but jealousy and an unexpected emergency test their friendship.
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  1. incentive
    a positive motivational influence
    Maybe that's good incentive for you to practice more! I bet you can beat her!
  2. nursery
    a place in which plants are grown
    I think her mom runs the plant nursery next door.
  3. mortgage
    a conveyance of property as security for repaying a loan
    Plus, it helps us pay our mortgage and makes this space nice again!
  4. confident
    having or marked by assurance
    Moon Lin:
    Confident
    Funny
  5. observatory
    a building equipped to view astronomical phenomena
    Don't forget, if you want to go to the observatory you have to get your field trip permission slips signed by the end of this week!
  6. classical
    of the most highly developed stage of an early civilization
    This poem is written by a classical poet, Li Bai.
  7. scholar
    a learned person
    Because he was a scholar, he had to move away from his home in the country to live in the city.
  8. transmission
    communication by means of sent signals
    It was created to demonstrate the transmission of electricity through the air without the aid of wires.
  9. celestial
    of heaven or the spirit
    I'm actually a celestial being, like the ones in my sketchbook.
  10. custom
    made according to the specifications of an individual
    I was telling Moon, my knows fashion people. She can get us custom jackets.
  11. tumor
    an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
    The doctors discovered a brain tumor.
  12. seizure
    a sudden attack characterized by spasms or convulsions
    Apparently she's been having seizures this whole time and we just never noticed.
  13. monitor
    keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
    In the meantime, Moon will stay home where she can be monitored closely.
  14. deflect
    impede the movement of
    I started taking tae kwon do class. Now I know how to deflect.
  15. muse
    the source of an artist's inspiration
    Presenting...the Stargaze Muses!
Created on Mon Oct 14 15:28:41 EDT 2019 (updated Mon Oct 14 15:54:51 EDT 2019)

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