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Pg 82: "But this equipment is an eyesore."

Def: A thing that is very ugly, especially a building that disfigures a landscape.

The abandond house was an eyesore to the whole neighborhood.

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Pg 81: "One of the pilings is crumbling from water erosion."

Def: Heavy stakes or posts installed to support the foundations of a superstructure.

The bridge had pilings that helped to support the weight of the bridge.

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Pg 80: "Mr. Freeze, who had been hatched in an incubator..."

Def: An enclosed apparatus providing a controlled environment for the care and protection of premature or unusually small babies. (To hatch eggs).

The eggs were hatched in an incubator.

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Pg 78: "The next day Jon Wood carried Frightful to a large mews on the hilltop and unsnapped her leash, holding onto her jesses."

Def: A cage or building for trained hawks, especially while they are molting

The falcon was was brought up to a mew.

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Pg 75: "You know he's an apprentice falconer."

Def: A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages.

He was an apprentice working at the shop.

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Pg 74: "Frightful sensed in Susan the same love that emanated from Sam , Alice, and this man who held her."

Def:  Issue or spread out from               (a source).

Warmth emanated from the fireplace.

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Pg 73: "Unperturbed, she then stared at Jon Wood."

Def: Not concerned.

The bird was unperturbed about what it was going to eat.

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Pg 72: "He took her to his mountain with some apprehension."

Def: Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

He was sick with apprehension.

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Pg 72: "Astonished, he lifted her up and rested her on the palm of his hand."

Def: To be greatly suprised or amazed.

I was astonished when getting our kitten last Christmas.

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Pg 71: "... So birds can't touch those two parallel hot lines..."

Def:  Side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

The lines of the square were parallel.

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Pg 71: "Using an ancient technique called hacking..."

Def: To teach a bird to hunt.

The falconer was working on teaching the falcon to hunt.

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Pg 70: "He had bred the first peregrines in captivity..."

Def: The condition of being imprisioned.

The zoo animals were held captive in their cages.

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Pg 70: "He brushed her,but could not dislodge her."

Def: To knock or force out of position.

I dislodged the ball from the two branches on the tree.

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Pg 69: "With a swift wing beat she alighted above a transformeron an electric utility pole."

Def: Something that is used for reducing or increasing the voltage of an alternating current.

The transformer was on the left side of the road.

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Pg 63: "She caught a mouse running over the snow and a squirrel that had ventured from its leaf nest."

Def: Dare to do something or go somewhere that may be dangerous or unpleasant.

I ventured outside during the snow storm.

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Pg 63: "Finally the air currents stopped dragging her down, and she flew high enough to locate her mountain, but the entire western horizon was swathed in clouds."

Def: Wrapped in several layers.

The falcons leg was swathed because it was hurt.

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Pg 64: "Her large, round eyes searched for the indicators that would guid her on her way"

Def: An animal or plant species that can be used to infer conditions in a particular habitat.

The temperature was an indicator of nature to let the birds know to migrate.

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Pg 65: "Beyond the birds was a small hunting cabin set back in a grove of young hemlocks."

Def: A highly poisonous European plant of the parsley family, with a purple-spotted stem, fernlike leaves, small white flowers, and an unpleasant smell.

He soaked the hemlock in warm water.

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Pg 65: "Near it stood a pigeon cote and a duck house."

Def: A shelter for mammals or birds.

The falcon used a birdhouse as a cote while migrating.

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Pg 65: "He was portly and wore a dirty ski jacket."

Def: Having a stout body.

The man was portly, and had a hat on.

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Pg 67: "It rippled, then went taut and almost disappeaed from sight."

Def: Streached or pulled tight.

I taut the rubber band, all the way to the other tree.