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Maniac Magee Vocabulary IV
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| urchins | mischievous small boys |
| lambasting | whacking or pounding |
| mongrel | a dog of mixed breed |
| autopsy | dissect a dead body to see the cause of death |
| jackal | wild dog |
| carrion | rotten meat |
| prone | lying down on one's stomach |
| skewered | to poke a long pin in |
| perilous | dangerous |
| forlorn | abandoned, forsaken |
| marooned | to be stuck on an isolated island |
| compromise | to settle an argument by both sides giving up something |
| deliberately | on purpose |
| sanctuaried | protected |
| reprisals | acts done to get even |
| ludicrous | ridiculous |
| tenant | renter |
| pillbox | a low, fortified machine gun position |
| extort | to get by force |
| goaded | urged to do something |
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