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.
Section 4
214 to end
• 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
Page 233
ObsessingVerb
Page 233
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
Page 238
PerspectiveNoun
Page 238
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.
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