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30 Cards in this Set
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residential "After all it wasn't anything to get excited about, just another dogfight in a residential section." What is the definition? |
-of or pertaining to a home; neighborhood; suburb |
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"He took off down the street squalling like a _____________ cat." What is the word? |
scalded to burn with a hot liquid; scorched |
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cur "I big ugly cur tried his luck." What is the definition? |
a worthless or mongrel dog; mutt |
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coaxing What is the definition? |
definition: to persuade with gentle words or manner; urging; influencing "I kept coaxing. On his stomach an inch at a time, he came to me." |
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inactive; as if asleep, still What is the word? |
"It's strange indeed how memories can lie dormant in a man's mind for so many years, yet brought forth fresh and new by something you've seen or something you've heard, or the sight of an old familiar face." dormant |
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"His warm moist tongue would ____________ the hand of his master." What is the word? |
caress definition: to touch lovingly or gently |
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few; thinly settled What is the word? |
"The land was _____________ settled." sparsely |
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corn crib What is the definition? |
a small storage space on a farm for corn, etc. depository "There were rats in the corn crib." |
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Ozarks What is the definition? |
-a mountain rangle in OK, Missouri, Arkansas "Far back in the rugged Ozarks." |
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animals that are hunted; prey "Papa showed me how to skin my ____________ ." What is the word? |
game |
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"You're going to have to do something. I've never seen a boy _________ like that. It's not right, not right at all." What is the word? |
grieve to mourn, to express your deep sorrow |
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to cry loudly; wailing "My sister's started _____________ and crying for mama." What is the word? |
bawling |
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baying What is the definition? |
-to bark or howl loudly "I heard the deep baying of a coon hound." |
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muzzle What is the definition? |
-a device that fits over a dog's mouth to prevent biting or barking "I'm sure that if that coon hunter knew had known he was slowly killing a 10 year old boy, he would put a muzzle on his hound." |
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"The old sore would get all ______________ and start hurting again." What is the word? |
festered -to get worse with emotion or feeling; increase; worsen |
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"It was always a pleasure to _____________ where the fisherman camped." What is the word? |
prowl |
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"A big swamp rabbit hopped out on the trail, sat on his _______________ stared at me, and then scampered away." the hindquarters of an animal What is the word? |
haunches |
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a bitter mint candy What is the word? |
horehound "...with a jawbreaker on one side of my mouth and a piece of horehound in the other." |
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depot What is the definition? |
-a storehouse or warehouse at a railroad "I'll come as far as the _________." |
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riffle "I crossed the river on a riffle." |
-a rocky or shallow part of a stream or river |
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a sharp or thorny bush or plant "My bare feet were getting sore from flint rock and saw __________." What is the word? |
briers |
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a bag made of burlap What is the word? |
gunny sack |
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"My eyes fell on the _________ of beautiful cloth." What is the word? |
bolts |
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"The boys and girls were as thick as flies on a ________________ mill." What is the word? |
sorghum -a syrup made from a plant; molasses |
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to break a part into thin, sharp pieces What is the word? |
splintered "The nails gave way and the boards splintered." |
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ooze What is the definition? |
-to seep out slowly; liquid; seep |
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to clench, clamp, grind What is the word? |
gritted "He stomped on my right foot. It hurt like the dickens, but I gritted my teeth and walked on." |
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"I felt a hand as big as a(n) ______________." What is the word? |
anvil -a heavy iron block |
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goods (i.e groceries, supplies) What is the word? |
provisions "I stopped and picked up a can and my provisions." |
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"People started to stop and stare, some even _____________________." What is the word? |
snickered -a cruel, suppressed laugh |
