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	My Digital Vocabulary Glossary
Source	Word	How it was used in the book.	What the dictionary says.
Loser	Hoagie	He is one of the new litter of boys tossed up by this brick-and-hoagie town ten miles by trolley from a city of a million.
Loser	Rekindle	Things keep happening that rekindle the excitement of the first day.
Loser	Boggling	The classroom is a sea of boggling eyes.
Loser	Vigorous	A few shake their heads in vigorous denial.
Loser	Tintinnabulation	She pauses dramatically, she opens her eyes wide if seeing the wonderful feature..."tintinnabulation."
Loser	maneuver	Miss Meeks judges her maneuver a success and returns the button to the drawer.
Loser	Intrepid	So his mother simply gives directions and says "Heaven help me" a lot while her intrepid son makes a mess of the kitchen.
Loser	etiquette	Early on, Zinkoff's mother impressed upon her son the etiquette of throwing up: That is, do no throw up at random, but throw up into something preferably a toilet or bucket.
Loser	Propelled	Propelled by an excitement of whistles and screams behind him, Wild foot boots the ball on and on, never realizing he has s
Loser	Seldom	He swings his foot a lot but seldom connects with the ball.
Loser	Proclaim	He climbs on his father's shoulders an proclaims
Loser	Intention	Zinkoff has no intention of worrying about it.
Loser	Scowl	Mrs. Biswell smiles perhaps five or six times a year, but her face is so stoned chiseled into a permanent scowl that her smile appears to be merely a tilting of the scowl.
Loser	Gritty	As her anger rises, the gnarled hands begin to churn over each other as if she is washing them in gritty soap.
Loser	Gnarled	As her anger rises, the gnarled hands begin to churn over each other as if she is washing them in gritty soap.
National Geographic	Tonic immobility	It's know as tonic immobility.
National Geographic	Carrion	They even eat carrion, or dead animals.
National Geographic	Abundant	It was thought to be the worlds most abundant shark just 50 years ago.
Sarah Bishop	Ranting	It's the crowd that hangs around him and listens to his rantings that scares me-Hubert Hinds, the surveyors; Burton, the drayman; the post rider, John Seldon, who spreads the gossip like the pox from here to Boston and back.
Sarah Bishop	Bosom	I don't think Chad had expected father to clasp him to his bosom
Sarah Bishop	Neutral	she was know as a neutral, not caring much weather the patriots won or those who were loyal to the king, so she was willing to take us in.
Sarah Bishop	cockloft	Afterward, because the king spies were searching for him everywhere for him, he hid out in cellars and garrets and cocklofts.
Sarah Bishop	Gloucester	They were beautiful Gloucester's, mahogany- colored with white blazes.
Sarah Bishop	Vermin	"Vermin's everywhere these days," he said
National Geographic	Stealth	They live secret lives, surviving on stealth and intelligence.