Vocabulary words from Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Chapters 1-5

Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brian Vocabulary

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

the food and drink regularly served or consumed

in a manner marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments

a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts

the outside boundary or surface of something

building material used as siding or roofing

a hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar

a medicine that strengthens and invigorates

being of striking appropriateness and relevance

alongside each other, facing in the same direction

floor consisting of open space at the top of a house

small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

move or cause to move in a specified way or direction