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My Digital Vocabulary Glossary. |
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| Word | How it was used in the book. | What the dictionary says. | |
| LOSER | Citizen | Miss Meeks stands at the head of the class and for the thirty-first and last time gives her opening day speech, "Good morning young citizens..." | Citizens |
| LOSER | Required | you are required to... | Required |
| LOSER | Mediocre | it was mediocre. | Mediocre |
| LOSER | Giddy | Giddy with freedom and speed he runs down the block, turns right and runs on. | Giddy |
| LOSER | Membership | year long membership. | Membership |
| LOSER | Superintendent | he glanced to superintendent. | superintendent |
| LOSER | Associated | Zinkoff feels a surge of associated pride. | Associated |
| LOSER | Snicker doodle | So when he announces that he intends to bake a cookie, his mother simply says, "What kind?" He doesn't hesitate. "A snicker doodle!" | Snicker doodle |
| LOSER | Atrocious | "Your hand writing is atrocious!" | |
| LOSER | Solitary | solitary and alone. | |
| LOSER | Pronounce | could you pronounce that a little better. | |
| LOSER | Memorizing | he sat memorizing it. | |
| LOSER | Operation | he had to have an operation. | |
| LOSER | Shingles | he stared at the shingles. | |
| Samuel's choice. | Liberty | They called there freedom liberty | |
| Samuel's choice.
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historical | historical notes | |
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Canteen |
Nathaniel, the boy with the empty canteen. | canteen |
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strategy |
Reading strategies: | |
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troop |
A troop of baboons. | |
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predators |
other predators attacked them. | |
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den |
they left there den. | |
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watchful |
watchful eyes. | |
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carnivore |
all leopards are carnivores. | |
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carrion |
They even eat carrion. | |
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territory |
her mother's territory | |
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prey |
This would help her find prey. | |
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overhead |
overhead the sharks are circling | |
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bayonets |
stabbed with bayonets. | |
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determent |
she was determent | |
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britches |
a pair of britches | |
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swiveled |
he swiveled around | |
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argument |
they had an argument | |
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offshore |
the boat was offshore | |
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galloping |
the horse was now galloping | |
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massacre |
it was a real massacre | |
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platform |
they stood on a platform | |
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palisades |
it was the palisades | |
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molasses |
sticky molasses | |
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queerest |
she is the queerest | |
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regiment |
a regiment was there | |
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stray |
a stray cat is out there | |
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kin |
the persons kin | |
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hunkered |
they were hunkered down | |
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reckon |
I reckon this is so | |
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nigger |
that person is a nigger | |
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slanted |
that board is slanted | |
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bluff |
I'll just bluff them | |
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curious |
I am curious | |
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ferry |
I want to ride on a ferry | |
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cautious |
Be sure to be cautious | |
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nipped |
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livestock |
A farm full of livestock. | |
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prostitutes |
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loyalists |
They were loyalists. | |
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prison ship |
farther on I saw a prison ship. | |
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obey |
he demanded that we obey. | |
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amongst |
we were amongst many people. | |
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leastwise |
leastwise they say they weren't | |
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tavern |
I was working in the tavern. | |
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sheepish |
he still looked rather sheepish. | |
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dumbstruck |
I was dumbstruck with awe. | |
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wages |
I still had some of my wages. | |
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pewter |
I looked at the pewter on the wall. | |
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boardinghouse |
I woke up in a boardinghouse. | |
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courtroom |
in the courtroom. | |