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maniac part 3
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nonperishable | food that can't go bad |
| Desolation | a state of complete emptiness or destruction |
| Gaunt | lean and haggard, esp. because of suffering, hunger, or age |
| Beseeching | urgently and fervently to do something implore |
| retaliated | make an attack in return for a similar attack |
| urchins | a mishcieovus young child, esp.one who is poorly or raggedly dressed |
| carrions | the decaying flesh of dead animals |
| prone | ready to fire at an givin moment |
| portal | a door way , gate , or other entrance |
| Exuberance | hyper and very excited |
| reprisals | an act of retaliation |
| ludicrous | so foolish unreasonable or out of place as to be amusing ridiculous |
| marauding | going about in search of things to steal or people to attack |
| extort | obtain by force threats or other unfair means |
| goaded | provoke or annoy |
| shenanigans | dishonest or secret activity |
| zany | amusingly unconventional |
| satchel | a bag carried on the shoulder |
| nonchalantly | feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed |
| surged | a sudden powerful forward or upward movement |
| gauntlet | a hall way or long room |
| dovetailed | two people or more walking at the same distance or a period of time |
| amplified | increace the volume of the sound |