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biped
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two footed animal
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bleat
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an animal's stuttered cry like
that of a sheep or calf
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boast
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to brag, exaggerate the
merit
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cackle
|
mean laughter, often used to
describe a witch's laughter
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consume
|
eat
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contempt(uous)
|
to look down on as if better
than
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cope
|
to deal with, endure
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disheartened
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to feel extremely sad, heart
broken
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domoic
acid
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a naturally occuring toxin found
in some of the algaes that seals and sea lions eat,
some think the levels increased during El
Nino
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El
Nino
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a name given to extreme climate
changes probably due to global warming in the late
1990s
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enclosure
|
closed off area often using
fences to contain
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encounter
|
run in, meeting
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entangle
|
get caught in such as in a
fishing line or net
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foresee
|
predict
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harass(ment)
|
to tease, make fun of
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hybrid
|
mix, part x and part
y
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in
awe
|
inspired by, admiring
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inferiority
complex
|
feeling not as good as or not
good enough
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interject
|
to interrupt, say suddenly often
with emotion
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mallard
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a type of duck with a green
neck, a shade of deep green
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metaphorically
|
speaking figuratively as in not
literally
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mews
|
falconry term for where the
birds stay, often a row of little
habitats
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mock
|
mimic, tease, make fun
of
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moxie
|
spunk, spirit,
courage
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O
|
Angry P's slang for ocean like
"crib", also a homonym for the French word for
water "eau"
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optimistic
|
positive or hopeful outlook/
state of mind
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perfunctory
|
done with little interest or
care, flippant, snotty like "la tee dah"
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pinniped
|
webbed footed marine mammal that
includes seals, sea lions, and walruses, "P" is
Angry P's code for pinniped
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ponder
|
to think about and
wonder
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posture
|
a stance, how someone positions
one's body, can be an attitude too
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preach
|
to give moral advice, often
spiritual
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rafting
|
a term used to describe the way
seals and sea lions float as they sleep, often done
in groups
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raptor
|
a group of predatory birds also
called "birds of prey" that includes eagles,
falcons, hawks, owls and vultures; in general
predators hunt prey, but an animal can be both a
predator and prey, for example a shark eats other
fish, but a person could hunt and eat that
shark
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rebel
|
to fight against, someone who
rebels
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regal
|
royal
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rehab(ilitation)
|
a center or time when one
restores one's health
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resonate
|
to echo, sounds that bounce
through an area, reverberate
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rook(ery)
|
where seals and sea lions live,
"rook" is slang used by Angry P like "hood" for
neighborhood, "rookers" his a slang equivalent to
"homies"
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sermon
|
spiritual or religious
speech
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talons
|
claws usually of a
bird
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taunted
|
tease, ridicule, make fun
of
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testify
|
to confirm as true, communicate
one's experience
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toxic
|
poisonous, harmful
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validity
|
truthful, accuracy
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vent
|
to take out one's
frustrations
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weary
|
tired
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