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pg 194"Suppose," Sam said slowly and deliberately, "you two had to go to town."
consciously and intentionally; on purpose.
I deliberately asked my mom to go to the mall thinking she would say no.

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pg 190 "In the din of the accusations, a third man entered the kitchen."
a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.
A lot of people make accusations.

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pg 185" Sam took a circuitous route through the woods to the county road."
(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.
I took the circuitous way to school.

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pg 176 "The day they succumbed  to starvation, he flew down the Schoharie gorge and up over the mountains of Delhi."
fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force).
Some people in the Great Depression succumbed in starvation

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pg 175 " It is owned by descendants of the John Burroghs family."
a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.
I am a descendant of one of my family members.

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pg 172 "All were in the umbra of the magnificent hemlock."
he fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object, especially the area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
I shaded the outer region of the umbra.

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pg 107 "Frightful tore off the morsel and fed Oksi"
a small piece or amount of food; a mouthful.
I had a morel amount of food because I wasn't hungry.

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pg 170 "Her feet gripped the dead limb more and more tightly. "
take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly.
I dripped to my brother because he was about to fall of the cliff.

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pg 168 "The ogre disappeared, and Oksi came to the edge of the box."
a man-eating giant.
Shrek was an ogre.

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pg 166 "Frightful heard the Feeble cry of her chick."
lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.
I was feeble after my workout.

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pg 164" Sam got his falconer's lure from the hemlock house."
tempt (a person or an animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.
I tried to lure my mom to the car so she can take me to the mall.

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pg 164 "Oksi could not see Frightful from inside the enclosure, and Frightful could not see Oksi from where she was sitting."
an area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier.
I couldn't see my brother from the inside of the enclosure.

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pg 159 " I also might be jailed for harboring an endangered species."
To give someone shelter.
Harboring is like relating.

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pg 158 "He found Frightful's  old hood and deftly put it over Oksi's head."
in a way that is neatly skillful and quick in movement.
I was very deftly to try and grab the cup when it fell.

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pg 156 "A boom of thunder as loud as a cannonade shook the bridge."
a period of continuous, heavy gunfire.
I heard a cannonade and got worried.

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pg 153 "They were in an old green Chevy pickup with an official insignia on the door."
A type of logo.
Most brands have a logo.

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pg 153 "Poachers a special kind of poacher."
a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
Bate and Sput were poachers.

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pg 153 "Kak kak kak."426 yelled he distress cry over and over."
extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
I experience distress often.

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pg 151 " Sam was at is lean-to, his elbows propped on his knees, his binocs pinned on the green pickup."
a building sharing one wall with a larger building
Lean-to's are kind of like the size of a shed.