Book+Vocabulary

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 * __Chapters 1-7 Vocabulary:__**
 * Perseverance** - To keep moving forward without giving up hope.


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 * Excavated** - Dug up.


 * Perimeter** - The length around any shape, except a circle.
 * Juvenile** - A prison for kids under a certain age, Major punishment for kids.
 * Grimaced** - A sharp contortion of your face.
 * Stifling** - To be very hot, humid.
 * Preposterous -** Ridiculous.
 * Forlorn** - Unhappy or wretched, as from being lost or lonely.
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 * Descendants** - The kids of the kids of the kids etc. of the kids of you. (Opposite of ancestors).


 * __Chapters 8-17 Vocabulary:__**
 * Predatory** - Living by preying on other animals.


 * Prey** - Any animal hunted or killed by another animal for food.


 * Upholstery** - Material used in to fit with padding, cushions, or covering.


 * Fossilized** -To convert into a fossil.


 * Paranoid** - To feel extremely suspicious of something.


 * Excess** - Surplus; an overload.


 * Pre****sumably** -That can be presumed or taken for granted (as in ... you will presumably go to grade 7 next school year).


 * Etched** - To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid.


 * Evict** - To put out (a tenant, for example) by legal process; expel.


 * Writhed** - To twist or move your body without stopping, often because you are in great pain. By Greg

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 * __Chapters 18-28 Vocabulary:__**
 * Calloused** - Made rough and hard, usually by hard work.
 * Writhed** - To twist or move your body without stopping, often because you are in great pain.


 * Defiance** - Open refusal to obey.


 * Concoction** - A strange or unusual mixture of things especially drinks and medicines.
 * Refuge** - To be safe and sheltered.


 * Condemned** - To express strong disapproval of usually for moral reasons.
 * Recede** - To move gradually away from or away from a previous position.
 * Penetrating -** Piercing.
 * Situated** - To fix or build something in a certain place or.
 * Precipice** - A very steep side of a high cliff, mountain or rock.
 * Increments** - A regular increase in the amount of money that is paid for their job.
 * Dread** - Don't want to do something.


 * Drawl** - Talking in a slow manner.


 * __Chapters 29-39 Vocabulary:__**
 * Hazy** - Not clear as in vision.
 * Depriving** - To keep from someone from the having fun.
 * Hole** - A deep space that is deeper then the ground surface.


 * Fidgeting**- Playing and moving normally with your fingers.
 * Desperately** - Something that you really want you desperately want it.
 * Ignition** - The act of being lit on fire.


 * Doubted** - Thinking that what you doubted will never happen.
 * Revving** - A revolution.
 * Sheepishly** - Embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
 * Origin** - The place were something was first born/created

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 * Barren** - ** Desolate, wasteland, nothing in an area or perimeter. **
 * Precipice - An overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock, such as a crag or the face of a cliff. **
 * Defy** - ** To challenge a person to do something deemed impossible. **
 * Bacteria - Single celled organism, that carries disease. **
 * Parched** - ** To make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do. **
 * Mirage** - ** Something you think you see but it's just something in your head. Usually happens more in dry places. **
 * Systematic - having, showing, or involving a system, method; or plan. **
 * Accelerated** - ** To go faster. **
 * Deftly - Skillful, clever,nimble. **
 * Refuge** - ** A place of shelter, protection, safety and anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape. **
 * Riot** - A big commotion.

__**Chapters 40-50 Vocabulary:**__
 * Ward of the State** - Who is temporarily or permanently in the custody of, or committed to, a public or private agency through the action of the juvenile court.
 * Overcast - Cloudy or gloomy. **

Impossible - Scary
 * Inexplicable -** Something that cannot be explained.