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Red Fern Chaps. 8-14
Where the Red Fern Grows Chap. 8-14 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Begrudgingly | to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone to be reluctant to allow |
| belligerent | warlike; given to waging war. |
| destine | to set apart for a particular use or purpose to appoint or ordain beforehand, as by divine decree; foreordain; predetermine |
| droning | to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz. |
| leering | to look with a sideways glance, especially suggestive sly and malicious intention: I can't concentrate with you leering at me. |
| nonchalant | coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual: |
| sidle | to move sideways or obliquely. to edge along furtively. |
| slough | an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region. |
| smirk | to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way. |
| limber | bending readily; flexible; pliant. |