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Vocabulary

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    definitions of words from the book "Milkweed"
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  • What does mobbed mean?
    crowded around noisily
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  • What does spectacle mean?
    a large public show or display
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  • Give an example of nickered.
    neighed ( like a horse)
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  • What does hoisted mean?
    lifted or raised
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  • What does fiery mean?
    suggestive of fire
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  • If I am lumbering about, what do I look like?
    I am moving clumsily or heavily.
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  • Which word describes, happy and comfortable
    contentedly
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  • When someone talks "sternly", you know that they are_____?
    Strict or serious
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  • The fish was flailing in the bucket. What does the fish look like?
    It is moving or thrashing about
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  • What two words are opposites ( antonyms)? content - happy, burly - scrawny, hoist - lift
    burly - scrawny
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  • When someone is being "bombarded", what does it mean in happening?>
    They are being attacked.
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  • At the zoo, Jan enjoyed watching the elephants ( plodding/heeded) around their habitat.
    plodding
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  • Rachel had to wait in line to use the restroom because all of the toilet stalls were (rousted/occupied)
    occupied
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  • Billy groaned and complained as his mother (rousted/plodded) him out of bed to get ready for school.
    rousted
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  • Which word fits in the following sentence -- unfurled, confirmed, lurched: I _______ that I have a hair appointment next week?
    confirmed
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  • Which word: unfurled, lurching, contrary The owl ______ its wings before swooping into the night sky.
    unfurled
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