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Where the Red Fern Grows Vocab
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| quavering | verb // shaking or trembling // synonyms: quivering, wavering, vibrating, oscillating, fluctuating, faltering, warbling |
| riffle | noun // a shallow area in a stream |
| winced | verb // drew back slightly, twisting the face, as in pain or alarm // synonyms: flinched, recoiled, grimaced, made a face, blanched, started |
| runt | noun // the smallest animal of a litter |
| baying | verb // long, deep barking // synonyms: roaring, bellowing, barking, clamoring |
| momentum | noun// the increasing force of a moving object |
| nonchalantly | adverb // in a casual way // synonyms: coolly, calmly, collectedly, composedly // antonyms: excitably |
| belligerent | adjective // showing a readiness to fight // synonyms: hostile, aggressive, threatening, antagonistic, warlike, pugnacious, bellicose, truculent, confrontational, combative // antonyms: agreeable, calm, cooperative, friendly, helping, kind, nice, peaceful, peace loving |
| slough | noun // a swamp, bog, or marsh that is part of an inlet or backwater // synonyms: bottoms, fen, everglade, moor, quagmire, wetland |
| leering | verb // looking with harmful intent // synonyms: eyeing, ogling, sneering |
| jubilant | adjective // joyful and triumphant // synonyms: overjoyed, exultant, rejoicing, exuberant, elated, thrilled, gleeful, euphoric, ecstatic, enraptured; walking on air, in seventh heaven, on cloud nine // antonyms: depressed, discouraged, sad, sorrowful, unenthusiastic, unexcited, unhappy |
| gloated | verb // gazed or grinned in scornful triumph // synonyms: delighted, relished, took great pleasure, reveled, rejoiced, gloried, exulted, crowed // antonyms: commiserated, sympathized |
| haggard | adjective // having a worn look from sleeplessness // synonyms: emaciated, drawn, hollow-eyed // antonyms: healthy, robust |
| predatory | adjective // living by capturing and feeding on other animals // synonyms: rapacious |
| sinews | noun // tendons |
| berserk | adjective // into a violent or destructive rage // synonyms: violent, mad, maniacal, rabid, demented, lunatic // antonyms: rational, calm. |
| lithe | adjective // flexible and supple // synonyms: pliant; limber // antonyms: rigid, stiff |
| disembowel | verb // to take out the inner organs // synonyms: gut, draw, eviscerate |
| scourge | noun // the cause of serious trouble // synonyms: curse, burden, affliction, plague |
| entrails | noun // the inner organs of an animal // synonyms: intestines, bowels, guts, viscera |
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