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pg.194 "Sam said slowly and deliberately."
consciously and intentionally; on purpose.
I was talking deliberately to the teacher.

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pg.190 "In the din of accusations, a third man entered the kitchen."
the action or process of accusing someone.
In the book Bate was using accusations to save himself.

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pg.188 "It penetrated the kitchen in a yellow mist."
succeed in forcing a way into or through (a thing).
I penetrated the rope from my cousin.

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

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pg.176 "The day  they succumbed to starvation."
fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force).
I succumbed when I was on a diet.

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pg.175 "It is owned by descendants of the John Burroughs family."
a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.
There is a descendants in my family.

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pg.172 "All were in the umbra of the magnificent hemlock."
shadow or darkness.
I was under the umbra tree.

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pg.171 "Frightful tore off a morsel and fed Oski."
a small piece or amount of food.
I ate a morsel of the 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.
I gripped the edge on the wall so I can climb better.

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pg.168 "The ogre disappeared, and Oski came to the edge of the box."
a cruel or terrifying person.
The was a ogre trying to catch and sell birds.

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pg.166 "Frightful heard the feeble cry of her chick."
(of a sound) faint.
The baby birds gave a feeble cry.

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pg.164 "Sam got his falconer's lure from the hemlock tree."

something that tempts or is used to tempt a person or animal to do something.
Sam is gonna try to use his falconer's lure to find Oski and Frightful.

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pg.164 "Frightful from the inside the enclosure, and Frightful could not see Oski from where she was sitting."
an area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier.
We were going to an enclosure area of the street.

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pg. 159 "I also might be jailed for harboring an endangered species."
give a home or shelter to.
Sam was harboring Oski.

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pg.158 "He found Frightful's old hood and deftly put it over Oski's head."
in a way that is neatly skillful and quick in movement.
I walked down the stairs deftly.

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pg. 156 "A boom of thunder as loud as a cannonade shook the bridge."
a heavy fire of artillery. 2 : an attack (as with words) likened to artillery fire : bombardment.
The was a loud noise that sounded like a cannonade.

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

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pg. 153 "Poachers-a special kind of poacher,"
Poaching was as well set against the hunting privileges of nobility and territorial rulers.
There are poachers in the book Frightful's mountain.

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pg. 153 "426 yelled the distress cry over and over"
extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
The bird was sending a distress call.

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pg.151 "Sam was at his lean-to..."
a building sharing one wall with a larger building, and having a roof that leans against that wall.
There was a lean-to built into the house.