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Maniac Magee
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A miserable; unfortunate person | Wretch |
| lifted | Hoisted |
| moving forward suddenly | Lunging |
| disturbance | Commotion |
| apparent; observable | Obvious |
| having a very bad reputation | Infamous |
| crowded; packed | Crammed |
| moving in a clumsy way | Blundering |
| a person who has extra enthusiasm or desire | Maniac |
| exactly correct | Accurate |
| rolling or pitching suddenly | Lurching |
| shrunk back in fear | Cringed |
| winced; recoiled | Flinched |
| end results | Conclusions |
| powerful motivations or impulses | Instincts |
| uproar; confusion | Pandemonium |
| Deadly | Fatal |
| wrinkling the forehead in anger | Scowling |
| choosy; fussy | Finicky |
| looked over quickly | Scanned |
| to force open or up | Pry |
| easily understood | Apparently |
| came together | Converged |
| parallel bars for blocking an opening | Grates |
| aloneness | Solitude |
| ended | Expired |
| empty | Vacant |
| to shake with a slight movement | Quiver |
| number symbols | Digits |
| to hang loosely and usually so as to be able to swing freely | dangled |
| to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner | ranting |
| to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body | incubating |
| to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression | contortions |
| one that takes an opposite position | opponent |
| dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources | cunning |
| an act or the power of foreseeing | foresight |
| a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or as a courtesy | escort |
| acts of courtesy | compliments |
| .instant; immediate | prompt. |
| astonished; amazed | Dumbfounded |
| a first year player | rookie |
| shabby and dirty | Sleazy |
| shaky | rickety |
| complain; grumble | grouse |
| far fetched | preposterous |
| Complete weariness | exhaustion |
| Followers trying to overtake; chasers | pursuers |
| Gigantic; enormous | mammoth |
| Weakened; faded | 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 |