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Pg. 194: "Sam said slowly and deliberately,"
Def:  in a careful and unhurried way
I deliberately got out of the chair.

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Pg. 190: "In the din of the accusations, a third man entered the kitchen."
Def: a claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong
The accusations were he kidnapped a 10 year old boy and an 11 year old girl.

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Pg. 185: "Sam took a circuitous route through the woods to the country road."
Def: a route or journey longer than the most direct way
We took the circuitous way to the river.

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Pg. 176: "The day they succumbed  to starvation..."
Def: fail to resist
He succumbed the candy the man offered.

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Pg. 175: "It is owned by the decedents of the John Burroughs family."
Def: animal that is descended from a particular ancestor
My descendants are from Italy.

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Pg. 172: "All were in the umbra of the magnificent hemlock."
Def: something fully shaded by a shadow cast by an object
I was in the umbra of the oak tree.

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Pg. 164: "Sam got his falconer’s lure from the hemlock house."
Def: to tempt an animal to do something or to go somewhere especially by offering some form of reward.
They lured the bird into the cage.

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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."
Def: an area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier
The snakes were in an enclosure in the zoo.

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Pg. 166: "Frightful heard the feeble cry of her chick."
Def: a sound that is faint
The heard a feeble cry coming from the shed.

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Pg. 168: "The ogre disappeared, and Oksi came to the edge of the box."
Def: A cruel or terrifying person
The ogre came storming into the store to get his money back for his stale muffins.

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Pg. 170: " Her feet gripped the dead limb more and more tightly."
Def: to keep a firm hold of something
I gripped the harness as I prepared to jump of the platform leading to the zip line.

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Pg. 171: "Frightful tore off a morsel and fed Oksi."
Def: a small piece or amount of food
I ate morsels of food at a time.