"Half-Chicken" farewells - good-byes flung - to throw suggested - proposed tangled - confused, twisted uniforms - clothes worn by members of a group who are on duty vain - conceited

"Blame It on the Wolf" character - person or animal in a book, play, film, story or poem courtroom - room in which a court of law meets evidence - facts or proof guilty - having done wrong rescued - saved

"Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man" convinced - caused to believe courageous - brave engineer - an expert in engineering gradually - slowly over a period of time immigrants - people who come to a foreign country to live

"The Disguise" cautious - very careful; not taking chances chanting - singing on one tone dangerous - likely to cause harm disguise - to make a thing seem like something else principal - the head of a school recite - to say over; repeat squatted - crouched on the heels suspected - believed to be guilty, false, or bad without proof

"Keepers" considering - taking into account definitely - surely diamond - the space inside the lines that connect the bases in baseball; infield grounders - baseballs that hit the ground reminder - something to help one remember stroke - a sudden attack of illness when a blood vessel breaks or becomes blocked taunted - teased

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