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Touching Spirit Bear
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9th Grade
12/11/2013

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Term

Mangy

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It was just a mangy animal

Definition
Having many worn spots; shabby
Rundown and filthy; squalid
Term

Venomous

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 Spewing a barrage of venomous curses, he took the blanket garvy had given him and flung it to the ground.

Definition

secreting venom; capable of injecting venom

by means of a bite or sting.Dangerous,

threatening, or willing to hurt.

Term

wallow

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The heavy load of supplies caused the skiff to wallow through the waves.

Definition
To move with difficulty in a clumsy or rolling manner; flounder.
Term

Sparse

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Several weekes earlier, Edwin ,the Tligit elder from Drake,had built a sparse one room wood shelter for Cole on the island.

Definition
Thinly disspersed or scaterred.
Term

Scrounged 

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He dug carfully with a stick until he found hot coals, ,then scrounged dry twigs from under the tree branches

Definition

seek to obtain (something, typically food or


money) at the expense or through the


generosity of others or by stealth.

Term

Flail

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Frantically he flailed at the water.

Definition
To wave or swind vigoresly
Term

Subside

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Not until the flames began to subside did his manic laughter fade.

Definition
To sink to a lower or nomal level. To become less intense, violent , or severe.
Term

Smoldering

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Standing all alone on the shore,Cole felt his anger smoldering.

Definition
To show signs of repressed anger or hatred.
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