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Shiloh
Shiloh-Vocabulary- chapters 1-9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| buckshot | shotgun shell |
| boldness | fearless and adventurous |
| devilment | mischievous behavior |
| groundhog | a heavy-set short-legged marmot with brownish fur streaked with gray. Native to: northern North America. |
| commences | begin |
| clinking | to make short, high-pitched, slightly ringing sounds that metal or glass objects make |
| slinking | move stealthily; creep |
| planks | long flat pieces of wood |
| nuzzling | rub something with nose or face |
| groveling | to act in a servile way, showing exaggerated and false respect in order to please somebody or out of fear |
| burrs | rough edge |
| scurrying | move briskly |
| cringe | to pull the head and body quickly away from somebody or something in a frightened or servile way |
| outright | instantly, wholly |
| slobber | dribbling saliva |
| lickety-split | quickly |
| jowls | cheek |
| grocer | food seller |
| cornmeal | flour made from corn |
| slump | collapse, slouch |
| lean-to | outbuilding built against a wall |
| thrusting | aggressively ambitious |
| raggedy | tattered, badly dressed |
| wringer | machine for drying wet clothes; put somebody through a difficult or stressful experience |
| whopping | extremely, very big or great |
| veterinary | relating to animal disease; usually the study of animal disease |
| flustered | to make or become nervous. |
| deposit | something put or left in a place |
| snarl | to speak or say something angrily or threateningly or a tangle |
| skillet | frying pan |
| squeal | loud, high pitched sound, or to tell on someone |
| sickle | a tool used for cutting grass usually for larger grasses |