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pg.194" Suppose, Sam said slowly and deliberately, you two had to go to town."
Cautiously or intentionally on purpose.
Someone deliberately wrote mean things on the lockers.

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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.
Some accusations people get are just bad.

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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.
During hiking we took a circuitous route to the cabin.

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pg.176"The day he scummed 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).
My brother succumbed in peer pressure.

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pg.175" It is owned by descendants of Johns Burroughs family.
A person connected by blood or marriage.
My untie had a party where only descendants of the Jonson, Smith, or Forbes family

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pg.172" All were in the umbra of magnificent hemlock.
Shadow of darkness.
When I'm paranoid I keep thinking there are ghosts in the umbra.

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pg.171"Frightful tore off a morsel and fed Oksi."
A small piece or amount of food; a mouthful.
My sister feed my niece a morsel of food.

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pg.170"  Her feet gripped the dead limb more and tightly."
Take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly.
On the roller coaster I gripped on to the bar handle strongly.

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pg.168 " The ogre disappears, and Oski came to the edge of the box.
(in folklore) a man-eating giant.
I've heard in books that an ogre is very ugly.

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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.
In basketball practice I made a feeble shot because of me being tired.

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pg.164 "In action, the lure looked like a bird---food."
Tempt (a person or an animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.
Sometimes my cousin would have to lure her dog to come back to the house.

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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.
In the Pantheon there is a beautiful enclosure of dome.

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Pg.159 " I almost might be jailed for harboring an endangered species."
Give a home or shelter to.
Harboring a dog must be a lot of work.

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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.
A basketball player moved Deftly past his defense.

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Pg.156 "A boom of thunder as loud as a cannonade shook the bridge."
A period of loud noise.
A cannonade is used to start a race sometimes.

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Pg.153 "They were in a old green Chevy pickup with an insignia on the door."
A badge or distinguishing mark of military rank, office, or membership of an organization; an official emblem.
On the police door there was a insignia on the door.

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Pg.153 "'Poachers-- a special kind of poacher', said Leon.
A person who hunts or catches game or fish illegally.
It surprised me when the poachers took the baby birds away from Frightful.

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Pg.153 "426 yelled the distress cry over and over.'
Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
To my distress I knew that something was wrong.

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Pg.15 "Sam was in his lean-to,..."
A temporary shelter, either supported or freestanding.
In a TV show called "Bunk'd" They had to use a lean-to, to survive in the wild.