"That must be a radio," Again, something vaguely remembered from what Jonathan had once told her. What's vaguely mean?

Against the opposite wall stood a small sofa, neatly upholstered in cloth. What's upholstered?

"Now," he said, "what is it we can do to help you?" So Mrs. Frisby recounted once more he events that had led to her coming there. What's recounted?

The man with the gloves and the boots then donned a wire face-mask as well, and climbed in among us. What does donned mean?

Fighting? Quite the contrary, the marketplace was a perfect place for playing, and so we did, the young rats at least. What does contrary mean?

There was no other way to run; they had us encircled. The nets flailed down, scooped, flailed again. What does encircled mean?

The owl had advised her to say---"move the house into the lee of the stone." What's the lee of the stone?

The cat stays extremely drowsy for the next eight hours or so. We station a sentry to watch him, and we're free to work." What's a sentry?

And yet you could hardly even call it stealing- it was waste food, and all they did with it was haul it away to the city incinerator. What's an incinerator?

A box with dials and a small light shining on the front; from this box came the soft sound of music. She listened entranced. What does entranced mean?

A few of the rats snarled and tried to bite; I did not, and neither did Jenner; it was too obviously futile. What does futile mean?

"With this leg," said Mr. Ages glumly, "that will take long enough to tell the story to her twice. What does glumly mean?

A few of the rats snarled and tried to bite; I did not, and neither did Jenner; it was too obviously futile. What does snarled mean?