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""Frightful tore off a morsel and fed Oksi."

A small mouthful of food.

I ripped off a morsel off my steak and gulped it down.

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PG 172 " All were in the umbra of  the magnificent hemlock."

DEF-the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object, especially the area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.

When you go outside you can see the umbra of your shadow from the sun.

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"it was owned by descendants of John Burroughs family."

a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.

If you took a DNA test it could draw the blood back to when the descendants of your family lived.

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" The day they succumbed to starvation..."

fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force).

When someone offers you some food you don`t want to eat, but they convince you and then you give in and yo eat it.

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"Sam took a circuitous rout through the woods..."

(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.

When my mom drives, I pay attention to the rad and sometimes she takes a road I had never herd of and she has.

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"In the din of accusations, the third man entered the kitchen."

a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.

In court they have people decide if the person is guilty or not guilty with the evidence they have.

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"Sam said slowly and deliberately."

consciously and intentionally; on purpose.

People in class deliberately make comments or noise so we cant get through the lesson and we get homework.

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PG 170 "Her feet gripped the dead limb more and more tightly."

DEF - take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly.

When you go rock climbing, you grip the "rocks" tightly so you don`t fall off.

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PG 168 "The ogre disappeared..."

DEF - (in folklore) a man-eating giant.

In the movie Shrek, he is an ugly ogre and nobody likes him.

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PG 166"Frightful herd the feeble cry of her chick."

DEF - lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.

When you get sick, you can`t really move because you are so weak.

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PG 164 "Sam got his falconers lure form the hemlock house."

DEF - tempt (a person or an animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.

When you want to get rodents or ants out of your house, you use a trap to lure them in and then when they bring the poison back to the nest, they die.

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PG 164 "...Frightful from the inside the enclosure..."

DEF - an area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier.

When they have parades they enclosure a part of the road where you can`t go.

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PG 159 " I almost might be jailed for harboring and endangered species."

DEF - shelter or hide (a criminal or wanted person).

In the crime shows like NCIS New Orleans, some of the people that killed someone, they try to have their team hide them so they don`t go to jail.

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PG 158 - " ...Frightful`s old hood and deftly put it over Okis head."

DEF - in a way that is neatly skillful and quick in movement.

When we do tap in dance, you get a fast song so that when you dance to the beat of the music you look at the persons feet you wonder how can they make their feet deftly like that.

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PG 156 - " A boom of thunder as loud as a cannonade shook the bridge."

DEF - a period of continuous, heavy gunfire.

Since my cousin Kristin is in the army, she has to practice shooting a gun and when we watched the video, there was lots of cannonade.

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PG 153 "... Chevy pickup with an official insignia on the door."

DEF-A badge or distinguishing mark of military rank, office, or membership of an organization; an official emblem.

On my moms car she has a window sticker of my dance studio and it is to represent your personality.

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PG 153 "Poachers--a special kind of poacher."

DEF -
Poaching has been defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights.

Because of poaching the tiger population in some country's is going down by a lot.

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PG 153 " 426 yelled the distress cry over and over."

DEF- extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

If someone gets hurt, they might say that their in distress because it hurts so bad.

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PG 151 " Sam was at his lean-to..."

DEF - A house that looks like a tee pee. (temporary house)

When people go hunting or decide to live in the woods for a few days, they have to make a shelter for them to live in for a few days.