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Unit 8: Possum Crossing

Learn these words from the poem by Nikki Giovanni (Inside: Level B, Unit 8).

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  1. eerie
    inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
  2. slick
    made smooth, as by ice, grease, or water
  3. brake
    a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
  4. anticipate
    regard something as probable or likely
  5. occasionally
    now and then or here and there
  6. lope
    run easily
  7. condition
    the state of health
  8. kin
    group of people related by blood or marriage
  9. invincible
    incapable of being overcome or subdued
  10. heed
    pay close attention to
  11. flutter
    the act of moving back and forth
  12. empty
    holding or containing nothing
  13. relieved
    made easier to bear
  14. exasperated
    greatly annoyed; out of patience
  15. struggle
    make a strenuous or labored effort
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