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Maniac Magee 26-36
Maniac Magee Ch 26-36
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| grappled | to seize and struggle with one another |
| repertoire | a supply of skills or devices possessed by a person |
| preposterous | making little or no sense; absurd |
| grouse | grumble; complain |
| languished | to become weak or feeble through pain, hunger, etc.; pine with love or grief |
| jackal | a wild dog from Africa and Asia related wolves that scavenge or hunt in packs. |
| desolation | sadness resulting from grief or loneliness; lonely sorrow |
| pallbearer | a person who helps to carry the coffin at a funeral |
| lambaste | to scold roughly; to strike again and again; beat severely |
| sumac | trees, shrubs, and woody vines having leaves turning to brilliant colors in autumn, spikes or loose clusters of red or whitish berries, and in some cases can be irritating to the skin |