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Maniac Magee Vocab

Maniac Magee Vocab for the book

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allergy a damaging immune response by the body to a substance, especially pollen, fur, a food, or dust to which it has become hypersensitive
finicky showing or requiring great attention to detail. Particular, persnickety, choosy, picky, fussy
grates iron bars or cage work across a door or windows
solitude the state or situation of being alone. Loneliness, privacy, isolation, seclusion, separateness, aloneness.
ranting speak or shout at length in a wild, impassioned way. Rage, fume, seethe, shout, bluster, rave
contortions the state of being contorted. To twist or bend out of its normal shape
rickety (of a person) suffering from rickets. Feeble in the joints, tottering, infirm, wobbly, shaky, unsteady, unstable, unbalanced, unsound.
repertoire a stock of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform. Collection, stock, reserve, store, supply, catalog, list, selection.
preposterous contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous. Foolish, ludicrous, comical, nonsensical, senseless, insane
languished fail to make progress or be successful. Declined, failed, diminished.
replicas an exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale. Copy, model, reproduction, replication.
desolation a state of complete emptiness or destruction. Barrenness, bleakness, emptiness, devastation.
feat an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength. Achievement, accomplishment, triumph.
extort obtain something by force, threats, or other unfair means. Force, extract.
gauntlet a form of punishment or torture in which people armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines facing each other and beat the person forced to run between them.
illusion a thing that is wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses. Delusion, impression, trickery, misconception.
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