(CK) Old Yeller Vocabulary Part 3

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Word

Definition

Sentence

balked

stopped or refused to go on

It was down in the bottom of this gully that the hogs _____.

flustered

upset and confused

Mama looked a little _____, like she didn't know what to do with me.

fretful

complaining; discontented

For days Travis lay in bed acting _____.

hurtling

moving with great speed

One buzzard was _____ down at a dive, his ugly head out-stretched, his wings all but shut against his body.

mournful

extremely sad

As Travis left to return to the cabin for help, he heard a _____ howl.

refuge

shelter

Old Yeller took _____ from the hogs behind a boulder.

searing

burning the surface of something

A _____ pain shot up into my body after a slashing tush caught me in the calf of my right leg.

slack

weak or loose

I'd heard that if a pup didn't holler when you held him up by the _____ hide of his neck, he was sure to turn out to be a gritty one.

squeamish

easily sickened or disgusted

Mama had always been _____ about lizards and snakes and bugs and things.

vicious

dangerous; violent

The bar hogs weren't any more _____ than the boars.