Vocabulary/Context Clues Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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?

pointless, fruitless, worthless

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?

growl and show teeth

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?

put on

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?

super hot burner

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

surround

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

swing wildly

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?

opposite

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?

captivated, in a trance or spell

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

slightly, somewhat, a bit,

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

covered

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

unhappy

"You did it yesterday!" cried Mrs. Frisby, remembering the figures toiling the wire through the grass. What is toiling?

working extremely hard

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?

a guard

"We'll have to take care of Dragon," said Justin. "Yes," said Mr. Ages, "but with this leg, I couldn't make it, much less get back again." Mrs. Frisby looked at their baffled faced, felt her delight subsiding. What's subsiding mean?

become less

"We'll have to take care of Dragon," said Justin. "Yes," said Mr. Ages, "but with this leg, I couldn't make it, much less get back again." Mrs. Frisby looked at their baffled faced, felt her delight subsiding. What's baffled mean?

puzzled, confused

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

the side where there is no wind

"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?

retold