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Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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hypodermic | an injection of a substance beneath the skin |
desperately | reckless because all hope or choice seems gone; dangerous; critical |
wielding | to hold and use a weapon or tool |
rummaged | to search through by turning things over in a disorderly manner |
tourniquet | a tightly encircling bandage, used to check bleeding in an injured limb |
cowering | to crouch, as in fear; or shame; to tremble |
escarpment | a steep slope or cliff |
second hand | not new, already used by someone else |
suspicious | questionable; distrustful |
chaotic | very confused or disordered |
scalp | skin on top and back of the head |
magnify | to make look larger than the real size; to increase the size |
trousers | another name for pants |
longhouse | large rectangular dwelling of certain Indians |
dismount | to get off a horse or bicycle |
marvelous | causing wonder, extraordinary |
experiment | to try or test to find something out |