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Pg-194
"Sam said slow and deliberately."
The word deliberately means on purpose.
He deliberately tripped the girl.

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Pg-190
"In the din of accusations, a third man entered the kitchen."
The word accusations means a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.
In the accusations there was a man.

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Pg-185
"Sam took a circuitous route through the woods to the county road."
The word circuitous means(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.
I took a circuitous route on the way home.

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Pg-176
"The day they succumbed to starvation."
The word succumbed means fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force).
They succumbed to starvation.

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Pg-175
"It is owned by descendants of the John Burroughs family."
The word descendants means descending from an ancestor.
My mom and dad told me about my descendants and where they came from.

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Pg-172
"All were in the umbra of the magnificent hemlock."
The word umbra means shadow or darkness.
There was an umbra behind us.

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Pg-171
"Frightful tore off a morsel and fed Oksi."
The word morsel means a small piece of anything or small amount of food; a mouthful.
I fed my hamster a morsel of a strawberry.

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Pg-170
"Her feet gripped the dead limb more and more tightly."
The word griped means take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly.

She gripped tightly onto the railing as we were falling.

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Pg-168
"The ogre disappeared and Oksi came to the edge of the box."
The word ogre means a cruel or terrifying person or an unpleasant looking thing.
The man was like an ogre.

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Pg-166
"Frightful heard the feeble cry of her chick."
The word feeble means lacking physical strength.
She made a feeble cry.

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Pg-164
"Frightful had once been so well trained, she came to the lure even when she was not hungry, but that was long ago."
The word lure means something that tempts or is used to tempt a person or animal to do something.
I lured my hamster with some food.

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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."
The word enclosure means an area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier.
The people were in an enclosure with birds.

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Pg-159
"I also might be jailed for harboring an endangered species."
The word harboring means give a home or shelter to.
The man was harboring the deer.

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Pg-158
"He found Frightful's old hood and deftly put it over Oksi's head."
The word deftly means in a way that is neatly skillful and quick in movement.
The man deftly put on his shoes.

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Pg-156
"A boom of thunder as loud as a cannonade shook the bridge."
The word cannonade means bombardment or pounding. Or a loud noise.
The rain was as loud as a cannonade.

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Pg-153
"They were in an old green Chevy pickup with an official insignia on the door."
The word insignia means a distinguishing mark or token of something.
The man had a significant insignia on his car.

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Pg-153
"Poachers- a special kind of poacher," said Leon."
The word poacher means a person who hunts or catches game or fish illegally.

The man was a poacher wanting to take the birds.

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Pg-153
"426 yelled the distress cry over and over."
The word distress means extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
I was in distress when I went to sleep.

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Pg-151
"Sam was at his lean-to, his elbows propped on his knees, his binoculars pinned on the green pickup."
The word lean-to means a building sharing one wall with a larger building, and having a roof that leans against that wall. Or a temporary shelter.
I made a lean-to in my backyard.