| Word |
Definition |
Sentence |
| reeking | unpleasant scent | The hot, ________ smell of their blood was in my nose. |
| frantic | wild and panicky | Little Arliss' second scream was louder and shriller and more _______ sounding than the first. |
| knoll | a small hill | Our cabin stood on a high ________ about a hundred yards above the spring. |
| 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 ________. |
| writhing | twisting and turning | The head dropped to the ground three or four feet away from the ________ body. |
| careened | rolled | The cart rattled and banged and ________ down the slope till it was right beside the spring. |
| 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. |
| astride | with one leg on each side of | I was still sitting ________ the top rail when the bulls crashed through the fence. |
| whetted | stimulated or made hungry | It was good eating; but I'd had my appetite ________ for fried middling meat to go with it. |
| recollect | remember | That made me ________ how Birdsong Creek had got its name. |
