maniac magee part iii vocabulary. satchel - suitcase or travel bag maniac packed his new glove into...
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Satchel - suitcase or travel bag
Maniac packed his new glove into Grayson’s old satchel, that had hauled his belongings around the Minor Leagues.
Desolation - ruined, lonely, deserted place
The vast, frozen desolation of the land,
left the homeless animal
without comfort.
Retaliate - repay, or get revenge
Russell retaliated at his brother, and Maniac had to break up the
fight.
Urchins - poor, ragged children
Maniac found himself clung to, and clutched by the two little urchins.
Lambasting - attacking verbally
Piper and Russell did some more clinging when John finished lambasting them for running away.
Mongrel - a mix of an unknown species
(inbreed)
The first thing Maniac saw was a long-haired, yellow mongrel looking up at him, from a mess on the floor.
Prone - bent forward
Scene: The boys’ bedroom. Russell and Piper lie prone at the hole in the ceiling.
Pelting - hurl, throw, strike successively
Kids were always crowding them, pelting them with questions. What’s he like? What’s he say? What’s he do?
perilous - hazardous or dangerous
They gave him the most perilous challenge of all. They dared him to go into the East End.
Tuition the price of payment
for instruction
A tuition has to be paid for most private schools and colleges.
Marooned - left in isolation, or without
hope
The worms were numerous. They lay forlorn, marooned, on the asphalt, no place to burrow, April’s orphans.
Smirky - (smirk) to smile in an insincere
manner
Maniac smiled at Mars, gave a sniff and his smile went a little smirky.
Exuberance - enthusiasm
The recollection was an exuberant one: standing up and shouting, “AMEN!” in
the Bethany Church.
Reprisal a retaliatory act
Maniac headed back to the Beales’ house, where he would not fear reprisals from Mars Bar.
Ludicrous - absurd, ridiculous
In spite of their twisted, ludicrous impressions of the
East Enders, the concern and the tears in their eyes
had been genuine.
Extort -to get from a person by the use of
force or threats
Maniac could always extort a day or two in class from them
with the free weekly pizza.
Shenanigans- high spirited or
mischievous activities
Maniac took the boys to the library, then scrapped that
idea after their shenanigans left the librarian blubbering
and blue-faced.
Protruding - to stick out
The plastic toy guns were protruding from the gunnery
slots in the pillbox.
Diverge
• Maniac and Mars Bar ran side-by-side before the sun came up.
But, at daybreak, the boys diverged.
To move in different directions, draw apart
Trestle A structure of
timbers or steel for carrying a road or
railroad over a valley
Russell was standing out on the middle of the trestle standing frozen in terror.
Amplified to make greater, stronger or longer.
Maniac nodded, and out of the darkness came the strangest sound – a kind of amplified gulp.