(CK) Old Yeller Vocabulary Part 4

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Word

Definition

Sentence

aggravating

annoying; irritating

Jumper was full of a lot of pesky, _____ mule tricks, but when you called on him to move a load, he'd move it or bust something.

hackles

hair along the back of neck and shoulders

Old Yeller's _____ stood up in a ragged ridge along the back of his neck and shoulders.

hideous

extremely ugly

The sounds of the wolves trying to get to the bull were _____.

pounce

spring; jump on

Now and then the pup would get close enough to _____ on the rope.

reeled

swayed and staggered

The roan bull _____ like he couldn't see where he was going.

rooted

dug with one's nose into the ground

When the bull fell, he _____ and just lay there, moaning, too weak to try to get up again.

scorching

burning

The heat and the stench of burnt hair and _____ hide drove us back.

wash

dry bed of a stream

I hid behind a turkey-pear bush on the far side of the _____.

wavered

flickered

A little flame started, _____ for a moment, then bloomed suddenly and leaped high with a roar.

wheeling

turning around quickly

I caught my first glimpse of the screaming battle that came_____ into the circle of light.