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Hattie Big Sky vocab
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |