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Maniac Magee #1
Spelling/Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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legacy | anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor: |
trolley | a wheel attached to a pole, used for collecting current from an overhead electric wire to drive a streetcar or trolley bus. |
trestle | an open cross-braced framework used to support an elevated structure such as a bridge. |
musicale | a musical gathering or concert, typically small and informal |
theory | an idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action. |
obvious | easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent. |
infamous | well known for some bad quality or deed. |
suffice | be enough or adequate. |
emanations | an abstract but perceptible thing that issues or originates from a source. |
mirage | an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions |
hallucination | an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present. |
samaritan | a charitable or helpful person |
phantom | a figment of the imagination. |
stupefied | make (someone) unable to think or feel properly |
pandemonium | wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos. |
lumbered | to move clumsily or heavily, especially from great or ponderous bulk |
finicky | excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy. |