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| plank | n. long, flat piece of n. sawed timber; cook on a board |
| lash | n.small hair that grows around your en. eyelash; v. to whip back and forth; v. speak out suddenly & angrily |
| catty | adj. crude or malicious; stealthy |
| hodgepodge | n. a heterogenous mixture |
| tarnish | n. something that tarnishes; v. to dull or destroy the luster |
| novel | n. fictional novel; adj. a new kind or nature-unfamiliar |
| sapling | n. a young tree; n. youth |
| plug | n. a piece of wood or other substances used to stop up a hole; park plug; pressed tobacco, slang for hit or shoot, informal advertisement |
| congested | v. to become or cause too full of blood or mucus, fill too full-overcrowd |
| spendthrift | n. someone who spends money constantly and is wasteful |
| lumber | n. wood, timber, pulp; v. move along heavily & noisily |
| secure | n. begin protected by danger; sure or certain; get or obtain |
| footing | a firm place or position of the feet; a secure position |
| groom | n. a person who brushes & cares for animals; a male wedding partner |
| scrawny | adj. skinny & bony-having little flesh |
| reputation | n. what people think & say about ones character; good name; fame |
| clarify | v. make clearer, explain; become clear-purify |
| reedy | adj. full of reeds; adj. sounding like a reed instrument |
| pelt | v. throw things at; n. skin of small fur-bearing animal |
| hanker | v. have a longing or craving-yearn |
| trustworthy | adj. able to depend on |
| hubbub | n. loud, confused noise-uproar |
| yearn | v. feel a longing or desire; v. feel pity |
| meek | adj. not easily angered;adj. too shy or humbled-yielding |
| sprig | n. shoot, twig, or small branch |
