Maniac Magee Vocabulary #3

loneliness, misery

• desolation

• portal

• exuberance

• carrion

an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death

• exuberance

• beseech

• autopsy

• perilous

decaying flesh of a dead body

• beseech

• carrion

• portal

• ludicrous

high spirits

• exuberance

• ludicrous

• marauding

• desolation

to get revenge

• portal

• marauding

• ludicrous

• retaliate

doorway or entrance

• desolation

• carrion

• beseech

• portal

to ask earnestly, to beg

• beseech

• retaliate

• portal

• exuberance

packaged to withstand prolonged storage

• autopsy

• nonperishable

• exuberance

• marauding

funny because of being ridiculous, absurd

• retaliate

• portal

• ludicrous

• carrion

absurd in an amusing way

• carrion

• zany

• nonperishable

• beseech