| A | B |
|---|
| wandered | to move about without a course |
| comfortable | enjoying contentment |
| jolting | to cause to move with a quick motion |
| hitch | to attach horses to the wagon |
| brindle | dark streaks on a gray or brown background |
| enormous | huge or large |
| wonder | to feel curiosity |
| flared | to open or spread outward |
| bounded | leap or jump |
| hunched | to thrust oneself forward |
| briskly | energetic or lively |
| muttered | grumble |
| ford | a shallow part in a river that can be crossed |
| hewed | to give form or shape to with heavy cutting blows |
| lurched | to roll or tip abruptly |
| pulsing | throbbing |
| stealthily | secret |
| crinkled | wrinkle |
| nickered | neigh or whinny |
| tidy | neat |
| vanished | disappeared |
| admired | to think highly of |
| savory | pleasing to the sense of taste |
| contentment | happy |
| foundation | a body or ground upon which something is built up or overlaid |
| huddled | to crowd together |
| hobbled | to fasten together the legs of a horse to prevent straying |
| scalawag | scamp or reprobate |
| stout | strong |
| shuddered | to tremble or shiver |
| quavered | tremble |
| vast | big |
| pacing | walking back and forth |
| deserted | abandon |
| beholded | indebted to |
| hearth | area in front of a fireplace |
| auger | tool for boring holes in wood |
| scrambled | mixed up |
| saplings | young green trees |
| delicate | fragile |
| reprovingly | to scold gently |
| splendid | brilliant or excellent |
| glittered | sparkled |
| radiance | vividly bright and shining |
| amazed | surprised |
| rage | anger |
| dashed | ran |
| sizzled | to burn with a hissing sound |
| shied | to move suddenly from a scare |
