(CK) Old Yeller Vocabulary Part 1
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| reeking | unpleasant scent | The hot, ________ smell of their blood was in my nose.
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| frantic | wild and panicky | Little Arliss' second scream was louder and shriller and more _______ sounding than the first.
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| knoll | a small hill | Our cabin stood on a high ________ about a hundred yards above the spring.
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| scabbard | a holder for a knife or sword | I remember Papa standing in front of the cabin with his horse saddled and his gun in its ________.
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| writhing | twisting and turning | The head dropped to the ground three or four feet away from the ________ body.
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| careened | rolled | The cart rattled and banged and ________ down the slope till it was right beside the spring.
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| solemn | serious | It was the first time I'd ever shaken hands like a man. It made me feel big and ________ and important in a way I'd never felt before.
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| astride | with one leg on each side of | I was still sitting ________ the top rail when the bulls crashed through the fence.
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| whetted | stimulated or made hungry | It was good eating; but I'd had my appetite ________ for fried middling meat to go with it.
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| recollect | remember | That made me ________ how Birdsong Creek had got its name.
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