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Woods Runner
Chapters 9-15 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Diagnosis | the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms |
Consciousness | the state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings. |
Righteous | The act of doing what is right; morally right |
Stupor | a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility. |
Morale | the confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time. |
Abated | to become less intense |
Ravenous | extremely hungry |
Atrocious | wicked, extremely bad |
Sparingly | in small quantities |
Confiscate | take or seize with authority |
Fugitive | a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution. |
Huddled | crowd together; nestle closely |
Dominated | have a commanding influence on; exercise control over |
Stifled | restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion). |
Civilian | a person not in the armed services or the police force |
Mortality | death, especially on a large scale |
Deserters | someone who leaves their job in the armed forces without permission |
Obliged | do as (someone) asks or desires in order to help or please them. |
Refugees | a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. |
Brittle | Frail or easily broken |
Latrine | a toilet or outhouse, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks. |
Rampant | Flourishing or spreading |
Bairns | child |
Treadle | a lever worked by the foot that imparts motion to a machine. |
Sickle | a short-handled farming tool with a semicircular blade, used for cutting grain, lopping, or trimming. |