Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH CH.7-12 Flashcards by Lauren Lee

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an upward movement of air

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updraft

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not having knowledge or education

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ignorance

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moving downwards

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descent

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relating to early times

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primeval

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to extend out

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jutted out

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reacting from natural feeling

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instinctively

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wide

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broad

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a tree branch

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limb

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full or loud in sound

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sonorous

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lacking courage

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timidly

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the claw of an animal

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talon

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to be familiar with something through experience

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accustomed

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a deposit of calcium formed on a cave floor

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stalagmites

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to stick out

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protruding

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capable of being done; able to be done

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feasible

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to be sorry

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regret

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deference

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respect and esteem given to a superior person

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to understand or comprehend

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concievably

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a guard

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sentry

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being confused or to lose one’s direction

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bewilderment

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a trunk of a tree

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bole

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to overhear a conversation

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eavesdrop

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a marked territory

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domain

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a change without warning

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abruptly

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sincerely, or deeply felt

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cordial

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to become corrected or improved

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mending

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to postpone until another time

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adjourned

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dim

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faint

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to recognize or understand

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discern

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a narrow passageway

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corridor

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to change direction downwards

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incline

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to set into surface or ground

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inlaid

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to spread abroad or around from a center

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radiate

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unusual

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rarity

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smell of dampness or decay

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musty

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hard effort

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laboriously

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unoccupied; to quit one’s work

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deserted

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fully expressed; clear

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explicit

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to look closely; be nosy

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pry

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not important

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irrelevantly