Roomy; able to hold a great deal

📝 She rummaged through her capacious bag and pulled out three umbrellas.

📖 Wise Dr. Meescham speaks of a capacious heart — one big enough to hold great love and great sorrow at once — an idea that will matter more and more to Flora.

Angry at something that seems unfair or wrong

📝 She was indignant when she was blamed for a mess she had not made.

📖 Flora is indignant when she realises her mother is plotting to get rid of Ulysses behind her back.

A terrible disaster

📝 Forgetting the tickets turned the whole trip into a catastrophe.

📖 What begins as a quiet plan spirals toward catastrophe, with the little squirrel's life suddenly in danger.

A crash in which two things hit each other

📝 The collision of the two trolleys sent apples rolling across the shop.

📖 The frantic chase fills with near-misses and collisions as people, plans, and a flying squirrel come crashing together.

A feeling of shock and discouragement

📝 To her dismay, the shop had sold the last ticket minutes before she arrived.

📖 To Flora's dismay, the adults she should be able to trust are the very ones turning against Ulysses.

Extremely angry

📝 He was furious when he found his bike had been left out in the rain.

📖 Flora is furious with her mother, unable to forgive the cold scheme to dispose of her beloved squirrel.

Strongly attached to something because of the feelings or memories it stirs

📝 She kept the ticket stub for sentimental reasons, long after the concert.

📖 Flora's mother is sentimental about almost nothing — except her treasured shepherdess lamp, which she seems to love more than her own daughter's happiness.

Too much pride in oneself or one's possessions

📝 Out of pure vanity, he checked his reflection in every shop window.

📖 There is a streak of vanity in Phyllis, who cares deeply about appearances, her writing, and her prized lamp.

Certain to happen; impossible to avoid

📝 After the dark clouds gathered, the storm felt inevitable.

📖 A showdown between Flora and her mother begins to feel inevitable, building with every chapter.

Brave and determined

📝 The valiant firefighter went back into the smoke to find the kitten.

📖 Small as he is, Ulysses proves valiant, facing every danger to stay near the girl he loves.

Never stopping; refusing to give up

📝 The relentless rain went on for three days without a pause.

📖 Phyllis is relentless in her determination to be rid of the squirrel, no matter how Flora pleads.

Full of danger

📝 The climbers took a perilous path along the crumbling cliff edge.

📖 The squirrel's situation grows perilous as the adults' plot to get rid of him gathers speed.

A wild outburst of uncontrolled, often destructive behaviour

📝 The toddler went on a rampage through the toy shop, pulling boxes off every shelf.

📖 At one point chaos erupts and the little squirrel goes on a flying rampage, scattering everything in his path.

Great destruction or disorder

📝 The sudden gust played havoc with the carefully arranged picnic.

📖 Wherever the chase leads, it leaves havoc behind — overturned chairs, shrieking diners, and a squirrel soaring overhead.

Wild, uncontrollable excitement or panic

📝 A wave of hysteria swept the crowd when the lights suddenly went out.

📖 When a squirrel swoops through a crowded diner, hysteria breaks out, with customers screaming and ducking for cover.