Only one pencil line was deviant. (deviant: aberrant, atypical, anomalous) The mapmaker could chide an apprentice for choosing to flout a convention, but the curve was deliberate. (chide: scold, admonish, reprove; flout: defy, disregard, scorn) The road went over a bridge and then back under it. Following the approved symbol here might lead an unwary reader to step over a parapet. (unwary: incautious, unsuspecting, heedless)
The apprentice had an intuitive sense of direction and an inchoate idea for a clearer drawing. (intuitive: instinctive, visceral; inchoate: incipient, undeveloped, embryonic) Too dejected by yesterday's criticism to show it, he had left the line alone. (dejected: downcast, dispirited, downhearted) "Let's see it," said the mapmaker. She drew a second color for the buses. The mapmaker saw a dynamic pattern where he had once seen a simple crossing. (dynamic: active, energetic, lively)
The map went to press with a small inset. The apprentice made a resolution to walk any crossing she could not draw clearly. (resolution: determination, resolve, purpose) Beside the mapmaker's initials stood a second pair in green pencil.