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Shiloh vocab 1-3
Shiloh (Naylor) vocab Chapters 1-3
Word | Definition |
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Buckshot | A large lead shot used in shotgun shells for hunting game |
Cringe | To shrink back as in fear |
Gristmill | A mill for grinding grain |
Groveling | Being very humble or polite to someone because you are afraid of them or think they are vey important |
Pneumonia | A disease that causes the lungs to be filled with fluid and makes breathing difficult |
Scolding | Telling someone in an angry way that they have done something bad or wrong |
Skillet | Frying pan |
Squeal | To make a high pitched sound |
Veterinary | To do with the treatment of animals |
Cornmeal | Coarse meal made from ground corn kernels |
flustered | To make nervous or confused |
Groundhog | A small burrowing animal with large front teeth |
Lickety-split | Very fast |
Possum | Opossum |
Sickle | Tool with short handle and curved blade used to cut grain, grass or weeds |
Slinking | Sneaking; moving quietly |
Thrusting | Pushing something suddenly and hard |