The Naked Mole Rat LettersVocabulary

By Mary Amato

Pages 1-74

debilitating• Adjective Page 4 (sort of)• tending to make weak

Headaches can be debilitating.

aplomb

• Noun• Page 6• self-possession,

poise, or assurance

ludicrous• Adjective Page 13 (sort of)• silly

Modified

• Verb• Page 16

(sort of)• Changed

deteriorate• Verb Page 46 (sort of) • To make worse

desecrate• Verb

• Page 72• To defile, violate, dishonor, pollute

Endure Verb: page 75Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently. Tolerate (someone or something).

Mrs. Costello had to endure the pain in order to finish the marathon.

verb – Page 77To focus one's eyes or attention on

My eyes were fixated on the envelope with Ratlady’s name on it.

Fixated

Correspondencenoun – page 78

communication by exchange of letters. Frankie wanted to read the

correspondence between Dad and Ayanna.

AppalledVerb: Page 88

Greatly dismay or horrify

“The baby was appalled by the new taste in his mouth ".

HabitualAdjective: Page 89

Done as a habit.

Regular; usual

Knock,

Knock,

Knock,

“Penny”

Sheldon has a habitual routine. He knocks three times and says, “Penny?”

Knock, knock ,knock, ”Penny?” Knock, knock, knock, ”Penny?”

InterveneVerb – Page 94

To come or appear between two things

We can all intervene to stop bullying at Williams.

Opinionatedadjective page 95

Holding stubbornly

and often unreasonably to one's own opinions

I’m not opinionated; I’m just always right.

Refrainverb Page 106 To hold oneself

back I am going to refrain from eating that

whole box of doughnuts.

TerritorialadjectivePage 118

An area that an animal will defend

and sees as its own.

“You probably miss your mom a lot, and worry

someone may take her place. It’s called being

territorial.”

• Page 129 • Noun• the act of

revealing or disclosing.

• Page 133• Noun• the term of years,

roughly 30 among human beings, accepted as the average period between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring.

• Page 149• Adj.• coolly unconcerned,

indifferent, or unexcited; casual:

indignant

• Page 159• Adj.• feeling,

characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting,

• Page 165• Noun• A striking occurrence

of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance.

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• Page 225• Adjective • Not fully grown or

developed, alack of normal maturity, silly

PressureNoun

Page 232 a. The act of pressing.

Press the button.b. The condition of being pressed.

He was pressured to lie about where they had been.

ObsessingVerb

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ObsessingVerb

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To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic: You can’t fix it; stop obsessing.

To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic: You can’t fix it; stop obsessing.

RationalPage 235Adjective

RationalPage 235Adjective

1.agreeable to reason, reasonable, sensible 2. Mathematics term

1.agreeable to reason, reasonable, sensible 2. Mathematics term

PerspectiveNoun

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PerspectiveNoun

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1. A view or vista. 2. A mental view or outlook 3. The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular

vision.

1. A view or vista. 2. A mental view or outlook 3. The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular

vision.