Mrs. J's Unit 2

Front 1

a singer or poet in early times, or any poet or storyteller

Back 1

bard

Front 2

deeply affected, or weakened as if pierced by many holes

Back 2

riddled

Front 3

by chance

Back 3

random

Front 4

directly after that

Back 4

thereupon

Front 5

pleasantly old fashioned

Back 5

quaint

Front 6

compatible

Back 6

congenial

Front 7

having a notched edge

Back 7

serrated

Front 8

scorn or ridicule

Back 8

derision

Front 9

striking hard

Back 9

smiting

Front 10

in an anxious way

Back 10

solicitously

Front 11

handled

Back 11

wielded

Front 12

made up on the spur of the moment

Back 12

improvise

Front 13

100 years

Back 13

century

Front 14

10 years

Back 14

decade

Front 15

to do in an unsure manner

Back 15

hesitantly

Front 16

Deep and narrow grooves, usually dug in the ground.

His face was lined with wrinkles that looked like ______ in a plowed field.

Back 16

Furrows

Front 17

admitted into a society or group.

He was ______ into the National Honor Society yesterday.

Back 17

initiated

Front 18

starchy, edible roots somewhat like sweet potatoes

I enjoy _____ much better than sweet potatoes.

Back 18

yams

Front 19

a person that sells things, a seller

Did you buy that pretzel from the street ______?

Back 19

vendor

Front 20

shaping metal by heating it in a fire and hammering it

to sign someone else's name as if it is yours.
The blacksmith was_____ the horses shoe.

Back 20

forging

Front 21

newcomer to the frontier

A feeble-looking stranger from the city, a real _____ was traveling by stagecoach to a frontier town.

Back 21

tenderfoot

Front 22

troublesome or dangerous animal

Back 22

varmint

Front 23

prancing

The horses kept jumping around and ____

Back 23

cavorting

Front 24

to talk idly

I can't stand here and _____ with a disinterested student.

Back 24

palaver

Front 25

temper, anger

Relax! don't get you ______ up.

Back 25

dander

Front 26

reached the top of

I could see the sunset as we _____ the hill.

Back 26

crested

Front 27

twisted

The string was a ______ mess when I tried to untangle it.

Back 27

gnarled

Front 28

Walked unsteadily, staggered

The old man________ across the street using his cane to steady himself.

Back 28

tottered

Front 29

dialect, regional expression

I didn't understand that ______ when I was traveling in the south.

Back 29

lingo

Front 30

fierce, violent

The captain led the soldiers into a ____ battle.

Back 30

ferocious

Front 31

having and exaggerated opinion of oneself.

Who would have guessed from his humble expression that he had once been a _____ young man.

Back 31

conceited.

Front 32

sad, discouraged, dejected

His parents were _____ when he left home.

Back 32

downcast

Front 33

walked with long and energetic steps

The horses______ nimbly around the track.

Back 33

strode

Front 34

staw filled mattresses, sometimes made of wood for storing things.

Alice tossed and turned on one of the _____ she and her husband used for bedding.

Back 34

pallets