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Riders Orphan Train
reading vocabulary
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| dwindle | to make or become less |
| reminisce | to talk or think about things that happened in the past |
| exodus | a mass departure |
| nonprofit | not existing or carried on for the purpose of making money |
| lurch | in a helpless or defenseless position |
| vividly | producing distinct mental pictures |
| quip | a clever remark |
| scandalous | harmful to one's reputation |
| reformer | one that works for change |
| squalor | living in filth or degraded as a result of neglect or the lack of money |