1. Maniac Magee Vocabulary
Unit 4
Chapters 33-42

2. Beseeching
Verb
To beg for urgently or anxiously

3. Embedded
Verb
To enclose closely in

4. Lambasting Verb To criticize (someone or something) very harshly
To attack verbally

5. Perilous
Adjective
Full of danger

6. Careening
Verb
To go forward quickly without control

7. Desolation
Noun
Extreme sadness caused by loss or loneliness

8. Ludicrous
Adjective
Very foolish

9. Marauding
Verb
To roam about and raid in search of plunder

10. Extort
Verb
To get (something, such as money) from a person by the use of force or threats

11. Shenanigans
Noun
A devious trick used especially for an underhand purpose
Tricky or questionable practices or conduct

12. Gauntlet Noun Glove worn in medieval armor to protect the hand
An open challenge (as to combat) used in phrases like “throw down the gauntlet”

13. Forlorn
Adjective
Sad and lonely
Abandoned