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Maniac Magee
Maniac Magee- the chapter book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| exactly correct | accurate |
| moving in a clumsy way | blundering |
| crowded; packed | crammed |
| disturbance | commotion |
| lifted | hoisted |
| having a very bad reputation | infamous |
| moving forward suddenly | lunging |
| a person who has extra enthusiasm or desire | maniac |
| apparent; observable | obvious |
| a miserable; unfortunate person | wretch |
| rolling or pitching suddenly | lurching |
| end results | conclusions |
| powerful motivattions or impulses | instincts |
| deadly | fatal |
| choosy; fussy | finicky |
| shrunk back in fear | cringed |
| wrinkling the forehead in anger | scowling |
| looked over quickly | scanned |
| winced; recoiled | flinched |
| uproar; confusion | pandemonium |
| easily understood | apparently |
| to shake with slight movement | quiver |
| number symbols | digits |
| to force open or up | pry |
| parllel bars for blocking an opening | grates |
| aloneness | solitude |
| came together | converged |
| empty | vacant |
| ended | expired |
| climbed up | shinnied |
| hung loosely | dangled |
| speaking in a violent manner | ranting |
| developing and hatching | incubating |
| twistind and bending out of shapes | contortions |
| one who is against another | opponent |
| skill in deception | cunning |
| looking into the future | foresight |
| a guide or guard | escort |
| acts of courtesy | compliments |
| instant;immediate | prompt |
| astonished;amazed | dumfounded |
| a first year player | rookie |
| shabby and dirty | sleazy |
| streaked with gray | grizzeled |
| shaky | rickety |
| complain;grumble | grouse |
| a foolish, eccentric, old person | coot |
| deceptive nonsense | blarney |
| farfetched | groused |
| complete weariness | exhaustion |
| followers trying to over take; chasers | pursuers |
| gigantic;enormous | mammoth |
| weakened; failed | languished |
| went in spite of risk | ventured |
| unwilling | reluctant |
| indifferent to pleasure or pain | stoic |
| a room or closet used to store food | pantry |
| delicate ornamental work | filigreed |
| overwhelmed;dazed;shocked | stunned |
| gloom; bleakness; harsh; grim | desolation |
| limited | confined |
| make known | reveal |
| yelling | bellowing |
| flat | prone |
| jeering | scoffing |
| hitting repeatedly | pelting |
| dangerous | perilous |
| very large in area | vast |
| strut | swaggers |
| small bag with a shoulder strap | satchel |
| mischievous or playful children | urchins |
| dead or decaying flesh | carrion |
| stopped | halted |
| enthusiasm | exuberance |
| given a place to stay | sanctuaried |
| revenge | reprisals |
| overjoyed | ecstatic |
| ridiculous | ludicrous |
| to get by threats | extort |
| disorderly | chaotic |
| dependability | stability |
| to bear with tolerance | endure |
| unspecified | vague |
| moved like waves; suddenly increased | surged |
| grasped tightly | clenched |
| an attack from all sides | gauntlet |
| violently excited | seething |
| twisted | wrenched |
| fantasy; false belief | illusion |
| without specific pattern | random |
| concerned with small details | minutely |
| combining | mergings |
| turned aside | veered |
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