por • ce • lain adj., made of or like a hard, translucent ceramic. We all shuddered when Sula knocked our mother’s favorite milky white porcelain vase to the floor, but thankfully the fragile vase did not break.

re • mote adj., distant. Tara lived in a remote town in the desert; only fifty other people lived there, since it was far away from any other towns or cities.

ver • mil • lion adj., bright red or scarlet. After a long hike with his family, Paul warmed himself by the vermillion glow of a campfire.