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Source	Word	How it was used in the book.	What the dictionary says.
Book	meticulously	Always meticulously neat, six-year-old Little Man never allowed dirt or tear stains to mark anything he owned.
book	flounced	"Hey, Cassie," said Marie Lou Wellever, the principle's daughter, as she flounced by in a new yellow dress.
book	briskly	Jeremy kicked the dust briskly and looked toward the north.
book	emaciated	When the fields ended and the Granger forest fanned both sides of the road with long overhanging branches, a tall, emaciated-looking boy popped up suddenly from a forest trail and swung a thin arm around Stacey.
book	dismally	Little Man shook a threatening fist into the thick air, then looked dismally down at himself.

Magazine	extinction	Of more than 400 known shark species, at least 1 in 4 are facing extinction.
Magazine	Tonic immobility	It's known as tonic immobility.
Magazine	cartilage	You see, their fins are made of cartilage.