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Where The Red Fern Grows
Where The Red Fern Grows Ch. 6-9 Vocabulary
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English
5th Grade
03/25/2014

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weather
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to withstand and come safely through
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nestle(ed)
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close together
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boom(ing)
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to make a deep, hollow, and loud sound
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query(ing)
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questioning
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sober
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having or showing a serious attitude: n solemn
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keen
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smart
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hamper(ing)
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to make keep from making progress; to keep from moving or acting freely
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wiley
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having skill in outwitting others; crafty, clever
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woe
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great sorrow; grief, or misery
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bore
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make a hole in or through something with a drill or other tool
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gouge
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cut or push into
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peculiarity
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a distinguishing characteristic; oddity or quirk
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churn
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a container for making butter in which the cream is agitated to separate the butter fat from the watery part of the cream
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dasher
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tool with blades for agitating a liquid (as in a churn)
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deliberately
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on purpose, willfully
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lope
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easy bounding gait or manner of walking that can go on for a long distance
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frazzle
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fatigue, very tired, nervous exhaustion
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cross
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grumpy; temporary bad temper
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vicious
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dangerously aggressive, savage
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sportsmanlike
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like ther person who is fair, generous, a good loser, and a gracious winner
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overrun
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to go past; to go beyond
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persistence
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going on stubbornly in spite of opposition
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bounds
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something that limits
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limber
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able to bend the body easily; supple,; flexible
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pipe(d)
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to utter in a shrill voice or tone
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streak(ed)
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to move at high speed; go fast; hurry
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jar
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cause to give a harsh sound; jolt or sound
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dandy
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something very good or first-rate
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bewilder(ed)
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confuse hopelessly, by something complicated or involved above the smaller trees
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domain
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land belonging to one person; an estate
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breather
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pause, as to rest
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rave(d)
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to talk wildly or as if crazy; to talk with great enthusiasm
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whiskery
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covered with whiskers, like the hair growing on a man's face
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dumplings
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small pieces of steamed or boiled dough served with meat or in soup
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convince(d)
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to overcome someone's doubts; to persuade something by arguing its points
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flabby
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lacking firmness; limp and soft
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holler(ed)
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to cry out; shout
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backtrack(ing)
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return by the same path
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hastily
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too quickly and with too little thought
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fad
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something very popular to many people, but only for a short time
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liniment
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a medicated liquid to be rubbed on the skin for soothing sore, sprained or inflamed areas.
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sympathy
Definition
sorrow or pity for another
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muzzling (muzzle)
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to push or rub with the nose
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droning (drone)
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a continuous, low, monotonous humming or buzzing sound
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momentum
Definition
a strength or force that keeps growing
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plunge
Definition
dive or downward leap
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yelp(ing)
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to utter s short, sharp cry, or bark, as in pain
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savage
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a cruel or violent person
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brutal
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like a brute; cruel and unfeeling, savage
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while(d)
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spend time in a pleasant way
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full-fledged
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completely trained; full of rank or statue
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