Unit 3: Novel Study: Hoot, Chapter 9–Epilogue

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  1. crony
    a close friend or associate
  2. pungently
    with a sharp taste or smell
  3. seize
    take or capture by force
  4. manic
    affected with or marked by frenzy uncontrolled by reason
  5. somber
    serious and gloomy in character
  6. fugitive
    someone who is sought by law officers
  7. delinquent
    a young offender
  8. sabotage
    a deliberate act of destruction or disruption
  9. elusive
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  10. perturbed
    thrown into a state of agitated confusion
  11. seething
    in constant agitation
  12. ordeal
    a severe or trying experience
  13. dilapidated
    in a state of decay, ruin, or deterioration
  14. triumphant
    experiencing victory
  15. liberation
    the act of freeing someone or something
  16. accomplice
    a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan
  17. abandoned
    forsaken by owner or inhabitants
  18. sorrow
    an emotion of great sadness associated with loss
  19. defiantly
    in a rebellious manner
  20. commotion
    the act of making a noisy disturbance
  21. slanderous
    harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
  22. impertinent
    not relevant to the matter under consideration
  23. barricade
    a barrier to impede the advance of an enemy
  24. sanctuary
    a shelter from danger or hardship
Created on Fri Nov 06 16:30:28 EST 2020 (updated Tue Nov 10 10:15:02 EST 2020)

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