Maroo Vocab (7-9)

Question 1

draggled

Answer 1

dirty or wet, typically from being trailed through mud or water

Question 2

clamber (Clambered)

Answer 2

climb, move or get in or out something in an awkward and laborious way

Question 3

peter (petered)

Answer 3

decrease or fade gradually before coming to an end

Question 4

sheer

Answer 4

nothing other than unmitigated

Question 5

menacing

Answer 5

suggesting the presence of danger threatening

Question 6

regurgitate

Answer 6

bring ( swallowed food) up again to the mouth

Question 7

carrion

Answer 7

the decaying flesh of dead animals

Question 8

cloven

Answer 8

past, participle of cleave

Question 9

grope (groping)

Answer 9

search blindly with the hands

Question 10

maneuver (maneuvered)

Answer 10

a movement requiring skill and care

Question 11

instinct ( instinctive, instictively)

Answer 11

a fixed pattern of behavior in animals

Question 12

rouse (roused)

Answer 12

bring out of sleep

Question 13

contort (contorted)

Answer 13

the difference between two or more things

Question 14

bewilder (bewildered)

Answer 14

perplexed and confused

Question 15

erect (erected)

Answer 15

build or upright

Question 16

Inexorable

Answer 16

impossible to stop or prevent

Question 17

horde

Answer 17

a large group of people

Question 18

forage

Answer 18

( of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions

Question 19

sodden

Answer 19

saturated with liquid ( especially water)

Question 20

chafe

Answer 20

( of something restrictive or too tight)

Question 21

anchorage

Answer 21

an area that is suitable for a ship to anchor in

Question 22

dismantle

Answer 22

take ( a machine or structure) to pieces

Question 23

endure

Answer 23

suffer ( something painful or difficult) patiently