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The Mouse and the Motorcycle

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  1. agitated
    physically disturbed or set in motion
  2. associate
    bring or come into action
  3. baseboard
    a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
  4. bellboy
    someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
  5. chromium
    a hard brittle multivalent metallic element
  6. cower
    crouch or curl up
  7. croquet
    a game in which players hit a ball through a series of hoops
  8. cunning
    showing inventiveness and skill
  9. despair
    a state in which all hope is lost or absent
  10. detour
    a roundabout road or route
  11. devour
    eat immoderately
  12. dignity
    the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
  13. din
    a loud, harsh, or strident noise
  14. dreadful
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  15. exhaust
    wear out completely
  16. exhilarated
    filled with joy or excitement
  17. exterminated
    destroyed completely
  18. flaw
    an imperfection in an object or machine
  19. foolhardy
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
  20. fragrance
    a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
  21. generous
    willing to give and share unstintingly
  22. grimly
    in a grim implacable manner
  23. hamper
    prevent the progress or free movement of
  24. incinerator
    a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)
  25. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  26. jauntily
    in a jaunty fashionable manner
  27. misery
    a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
  28. mislay
    place (something) where one cannot find it again
  29. momentum
    the product of a body's mass and its velocity
  30. nuisance
    anything that disturbs, endangers life, or is offensive
  31. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  32. pilfer
    make off with belongings of others
  33. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
  34. quiver
    shake with fast, tremulous movements
  35. reckless
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
  36. remorseful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  37. reunion
    the act of coming together again
  38. scurrying
    moving with great haste
  39. sparingly
    to a meager degree or in a meager manner
  40. steadfast
    marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  41. switchboard
    telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
  42. tactless
    lacking what is considerate in dealing with others
  43. tantalizing
    arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable
  44. threadbare
    thin and tattered with age
  45. threshold
    the starting point for a new state or experience
  46. tip
    the extreme end of something, especially something pointed
  47. tourist
    someone who travels for pleasure
  48. vacancy
    an empty area or space
  49. venture
    an undertaking with an uncertain outcome
Created on 六月 8, 2010

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