Chapter 7 Vocabulary by Christian Spinosa https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4 en-us 2018-05-02 12:48:13 UTC 2018-05-07 11:59:43 UTC hello@padlet.com transformer cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257213031 Pg 69: " with a swift wing beat she alighted above transformer on an electric utility pole."
Def: A transformer is an electrical device that transfers electrical energy between two or more circuits through electromagnetic induction.
This is a bird that transformered.
]]> 2018-05-02 12:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257213031 dislodge cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257214790 Pg 70 : " he brushed her , but could not dislodge her.
Def: remove from a position of power or authority.]]> 2018-05-02 12:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257214790 captivity cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257217589 Pg 70: " he had bred the first peregrines in captivity and, using an ancient technique called hacking, had been able to free them to the wild."  
Def: the condition of being imprisoned or confined.]]> 2018-05-02 13:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257217589 hacking cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257218869 Pg 71 : " ...using an ancient  technique called hacking, had been able to free them to the wild."
Def: cut with rough or heavy blows.

]]> 2018-05-02 13:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257218869 Parallel cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257605961 Pg 71 : " ... The birds can't touch those two parallel hotlines and complete a circuit." 
Def: a person or thing that is similar or analogous to another.]]> 2018-05-03 12:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257605961 astonished cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257607359 Pg 72 "Astonished, he lifted her up and rested her on the palm of his hand."
Def : greatly surprised or impressed; amazed.]]> 2018-05-03 12:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257607359 apprehension cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257608713 Pg 72 " He took her to his mountain with some apprehension."
Def : anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.]]> 2018-05-03 12:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257608713 unperturbed cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257610491 Pg 73 " Unperturbed, she then stared at Jon Wood."
Def: not perturbed or concerned.
the bird is very unperturbed.]]> 2018-05-03 12:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257610491 emanated cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257612698 Pg 74 : "Frightful sensed in Susan the same love that emanated from Sam..."
Def (of something abstract but perceptible) issue or spread out from (a source).]]> 2018-05-03 12:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257612698 apprentice cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257613677 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.]]> 2018-05-03 12:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257613677 mews cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257614745 Pg 78 " Jon held her against a padded board that stretched from one side of the padded mews to the other."
Def : a row or street of houses or apartments that have been converted from stables or built to look like former stables.]]> 2018-05-03 12:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257614745 incubator cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257616259 Pg 80 " Mr. Freeze who had been hatched in an incubator."
Def: a row or street of houses or apartments that have been converted from stables or built to look like former stables.]]> 2018-05-03 12:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257616259 pilings cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257617691 Page 81 "One of the pilings is crumbling from erosion."
Def: A structural support comprised of a length of wood, steel, or other construction material. The act of heaping up. (ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles, to form bars, etc.

]]> 2018-05-03 12:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257617691 eyesore cs001632 https://padlet.com/cs001632/72qg2ectrgi4/wish/257619404 Page 82 "But this equipment is an eyesore."
Def: a thing that is very ugly, especially a building that disfigures a landscape.

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