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Hattie Big Sky vocab
vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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dour | sullen, gloomy |
magpie | an incessantly talkative person, noisy chatterer |
persnickety | overparticular |
adept | very skilled |
haphazard | characterized by lack of order of planning by irregularity; or randomness |
doughboy | an american infantry man |
amble | a slow easy walk or gentle pace |
comeuppance | deserved reward or just deserves usually unpleasant |
bayonet | a dagger like steel weapon that is attached to the muzzle of a gun |
cross | angry and annoyed; ill-humored, snappish |
urchin | a mischeivious boy |
commiserate | to feel or express sympathy for |
burgeoning | to grow or develope quickly |
homestead | a dwelling with its land and buildings; occupied by the homeowner as a home and exempted by a homesteaded law from seizure of sale for debt |
gumption |