Fantastic Mr. Fox - pg. 7-16 - start - 6:35

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  1. aggressive
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  2. approach
    move towards
  3. athlete
    a person trained to compete in sports
  4. briskly
    in a brisk manner
  5. caption
    brief description accompanying an illustration
  6. cardigan
    a knitted sweater that can be fastened up the front
  7. column
    a line of units following one after another
  8. confused
    unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
  9. conservative
    resistant to change
  10. corduroy
    thick cotton fabric with vertical ribs
  11. cottage
    a small house with a single story
  12. curiously
    in a manner differing from the usual or expected
  13. darling
    a special loved one
  14. dart
    a sudden quick movement
  15. debonair
    having a sophisticated charm
  16. descend
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
  17. disbelief
    doubt about the truth of something
  18. enigmatically
    in a cryptic manner
  19. especially
    to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
  20. extravagantly
    in a rich and lavish manner
  21. fiddle
    play around with, alter, or falsify, usually dishonestly
  22. gadget
    a small mechanical device or tool
  23. gazette
    a newspaper or official journal
  24. grace
    elegance and beauty of movement or expression
  25. gristle
    tough elastic tissue found in meat
  26. hesitate
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  27. holly
    any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
  28. meadow
    a field where grass or alfalfa is grown to be made into hay
  29. motionless
    completely still
  30. nervously
    in an anxiously nervous manner
  31. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  32. occupy
    live in (a certain place)
  33. philosophically
    in a philosophic manner
  34. pigeon
    a large, usually gray and white bird commonly seen in cities
  35. poor
    having little money or few possessions
  36. pose
    assume a bearing as for artistic purposes
  37. precision
    the quality of being exact
  38. pulley
    a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run
  39. puzzled
    filled with bewilderment
  40. rapidly
    with quick movements
  41. reassuringly
    in a reassuring manner
  42. reed
    a tall woody perennial grass with a slender hollow stem
  43. rickety
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  44. route
    an established line of travel or access
  45. rustic
    characteristic of rural life
  46. savagely
    in a vicious manner
  47. scenic
    of or relating to the stage or stage sets
  48. shimmy
    lively dancing with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
  49. silo
    a cylindrical tower used for storing grain
  50. skittish
    unpredictably excitable, especially of horses
  51. slightly
    to a small degree or extent
  52. spare
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  53. squab
    an unfledged pigeon
  54. stride
    walk with long steps
  55. study
    applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject
  56. suddenly
    happening unexpectedly
  57. supposedly
    believed or reputed to be the case
  58. temple
    the flat area on either side of the forehead
  59. terrified
    thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
  60. trigger
    a device that activates or causes something to happen
  61. trot
    ride at a gait faster than a walk
  62. tunic
    loose fitting cloak or blouse extending to the hips or knees
  63. whisk
    a mixer incorporating a coil of wires
Created on Fri Oct 12 09:41:45 EDT 2012 (updated Sat Dec 01 09:03:57 EST 2012)

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