Hoot Vocabulary Flashcard Chapters 1-10

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Meaning of 'ambush' in context

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Surprise attack; plan to entrap

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Meaning of vandalism in the sentence

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Deliberate destruction or defacement of property

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Meaning of 'suspects' in context

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People who might be guilty of a crime

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Meaning of 'outlaw' in context

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A person who has broken the law and remains a fugitive

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Meaning of 'accost' in context

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To speak in an aggressive or angry manner

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Meaning of 'surveillance' in context

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A close watch kept over something or someone to gather information

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Meaning of 'mischief' in context

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Playful recklessness or misbehavior, generally in children

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Meaning of 'culprit' in the sentence

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a person who has done a crime

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Meaning of 'vanished' in the sentence: "He slowed only when he reached the stand of the Australian pines into which the running boy had vanished."

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Disappeared suddenly, without a trace

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Meaning of 'ominously' in the sentence: 'Rain slashed down in wind-driven sheets that stung his face, and lightning crashed ominously nearby.'

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In a way that suggests something bad will happen