The Naked Mole Rat Letters Vocabulary

1. The Naked Mole Rat LettersVocabulary By Mary Amato

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3. debilitating • Adjective Page 4 (sort of) • tending to make weak Headaches can be debilitating.

4. aplomb • Noun • Page 6 • self-possession, poise, or assurance

5. ludicrous • Adjective Page 13 (sort of) • silly

6. Modified • Verb • Page 16 (sort of) • Changed

7. deteriorate • Verb Page 46 (sort of) • To make worse

8. desecrate • Verb • Page 72 • To defile, violate, dishonor, pollute

9. 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.

10. verb – Page 77To focus one's eyes or attention onMy eyes were fixated on the envelope with Ratlady’s name on it. Fixated

11. Correspondencenoun – page 78communication by exchange of letters.Frankie wanted to read the correspondence between Dad and Ayanna. Correspondence

12. AppalledVerb: Page 88 Greatly dismay or horrify “The baby was appalled by the new taste in his mouth ".

13. HabitualAdjective: Page 89Done 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?”

14. InterveneVerb – Page 94 To come or appear between two thingsWe can all intervene to stop bullying at Williams.

15. I’m not opinionated; I’m just always right. Holding stubbornly and often unreasonably to one's own opinions Opinionatedadjective page 95

16. Refrainverb Page 106To hold oneself backI am going to refrain from eating that whole box of doughnuts.

17. TerritorialadjectivePage 118An 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.”

18. revelations • Page 129 • Noun • the act of revealing or disclosing.

19. generations • 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.

20. nonchalantly • Page 149 • Adj. • coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual:

21. indignant indignant • Page 159 • Adj. • feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting,

22. coincidence • Page 165 • Noun • A striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance.

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24. immature • Page 225 • Adjective • Not fully grown or developed, alack of normal maturity, silly

25. 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.

26. ObsessingVerbPage 233 To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic: You can’t fix it; stop obsessing.

27. RationalPage 235Adjective 1.agreeable to reason, reasonable, sensible2.Mathematics term

28. PerspectiveNounPage 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.