to get as needed by or as if by foraging, scavenging, or borrowing

to break apart and fall down suddenly

straps that are used for holding up pants and that go over a person's shoulders

to not do what someone or something with authority tells you to do : to refuse or fail to obey rules, laws, etc.

to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity

a part of a city in which members of a particular group or race live usually in poor conditions

processed salted eggs of large fish

to remain alive of in existence

to prevent from attaining an end, thwart

a brief period of commotion or excitement

an order or law that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night

a box in which a dead person is buried

weapons (as bows, slings, and catapults) for discharging missiles

to attack (a place) with bombs, large guns, etc. constantly or repeatedly

the quality or state of being real, the totality of real things and events

a wide and usually important street that often has trees, grass, or flowers planted down its center or along its sides

of an exceptional or astonishing degree

used as a Jewish greeting and farewell

a medicine or drug that a doctor officially tells someone to use

a person whose job is to prepare and sell the drugs and medicines that a doctor prescribes for patients

a small bird with a short, thick beak

to twist (the body or a bodily part) in pain

a serious disease that is carried by small insects that live on the bodies of people and animals and that causes high fever, headache, and a dark red rash

broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building

to begin doing something (such as shouting or applauding) suddenly

difficult to analyze, understand, or explain

the qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or group different from others

to sit or lie in a relaxed way: to spend time resting or relaxing

deserving attention, admiration, or respect: making a good impression

to go forward quickly without control

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Taranko Milkweed

Vocabulary for novel Milkweed

Term	Definition
Burly	strongly and heavily built
Scrounged	to get as needed by or as if by foraging, scavenging, or borrowing
Collapsed	to break apart and fall down suddenly
Suspenders	straps that are used for holding up pants and that go over a person's shoulders
Disobey	to not do what someone or something with authority tells you to do : to refuse or fail to obey rules, laws, etc.
Mingled	to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity
Ghetto	a part of a city in which members of a particular group or race live usually in poor conditions
Caviar	processed salted eggs of large fish
Brine	water saturated with salt
Surviving	to remain alive of in existence
Foil	to prevent from attaining an end, thwart
Flurries	a brief period of commotion or excitement
Curfew	an order or law that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night
Coffin	a box in which a dead person is buried
Artillery	weapons (as bows, slings, and catapults) for discharging missiles
Bombardment	to attack (a place) with bombs, large guns, etc. constantly or repeatedly
Reality	the quality or state of being real, the totality of real things and events
Boulevard	a wide and usually important street that often has trees, grass, or flowers planted down its center or along its sides
Colossal	of an exceptional or astonishing degree
Shalom	used as a Jewish greeting and farewell
Prescription	a medicine or drug that a doctor officially tells someone to use
Pharmacist	a person whose job is to prepare and sell the drugs and medicines that a doctor prescribes for patients
Finch	a small bird with a short, thick beak
Invisibility	inaccessible to view
Writhing	to twist (the body or a bodily part) in pain
Typhus	a serious disease that is carried by small insects that live on the bodies of people and animals and that causes high fever, headache, and a dark red rash
Rubble	broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
Morsel	a small piece of food
Carcass	a dead body
Filthy	very dirty
Erupting	to begin doing something (such as shouting or applauding) suddenly
Complicated	difficult to analyze, understand, or explain
Identity	the qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or group different from others
Lounged	to sit or lie in a relaxed way: to spend time resting or relaxing
Impressive	deserving attention, admiration, or respect: making a good impression
Careened	to go forward quickly without control
Corpse	a dead body

Created by: Derek Taranko

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