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Red Fern Vocab
5th grade Vocabulary from "Where the Red Fern Grows"
Term | Definition |
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dormant | lying asleep or as if asleep: inactive |
grieve | to mourn or sorrow for: feel sad; be upset |
festered | to be or become an increasing source of irritation or poisoning; irritate; make bitter; aggravate |
provisions | a stock of necessary supplies, especially food; rations; necessities |
trance | a soothing, comatose or overexcited state; dream; daze; stupor; daydream |
submerge | to place under water; go under water; sink |
riffle | a rocky sandbank or sandbar lying just below the surface of a waterway |
implied | to suggest without being stated |
limber | capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily; nible; flexible |
belligerent | inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive; quarrelsome; spoiling for a fight |
resistance | power or capacity to withstand; fight; battle |
foliage | a cluster of leaves; plants; shrubbery |
jubilant | joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; triumphant; thrilled; delighted; over the moon |
jinx | a condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing; curse; plague |
lull | a relatively calm gap; quiet period; stillness; silence |
haggard | appearing worn and exhausted; guant; fatigued; worn |
jugular | one of the large veins which returns the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks , an external and internal, on each side of the neck |