MANIAC MAGEE VOCABULARY

SECTION 4

Quiz on Friday over Sections 2 and 3.

Nonperishable

(noun) food not subject to rapid spoilage.

Desolation

(noun) lifeless land

Gaunt

(adj) being thin and bony (as from hunger or suffering)

Beseeching(verb) to ask earnestly (or seriously) for

Retaliated(verb) to return (as an injury) in kind : get

revenge

Urchins(noun) a mischievous child

Autopsy(noun) an examination of a dead body

especially to find out the cause of death

Carrion(noun) dead and decaying flesh

Prone(adj) lying flat - lying face down <he was prone on the floor>

Portal(noun) a large or magnificent door or gate

Compromise(noun) a settlement of a dispute by each

party giving up some demands

Exuberance(adj) joyfully enthusiastic

Sanctuary(noun) 1. a holy or sacred place 2. a place

that provides shelter or protection

Reprisals(noun) the use of force short of war by one

nation against another in return for damage or loss suffered

Ecstatic(noun) a state of overwhelming emotion

Ludicrous(adj) laughable because of being ridiculous

Marauding(verb) to roam about and raid in search of

things to steal