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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Annual | Happening or done every year. |
| Priority | The first importance |
| Manuscript | A book written by hand or typewriter |
| Yarn | a long tale, a story, often adventurous or funny |
| Tolerate | To put up with, endure |
| scythe | A tool with a long, curved blade, knife, harvester |
| widowed | Left without a husband because of death |
| bustle | To hurry and move around in a busy and excited way |
| Republic | A form o f government in which the power of the government rests with the voters who elect the representatives to govern the country. |
| Make-shift | A quick substitution usually invented in a an emergency |
| suspend | To halt any action for a period of time |
| brawny | heavily muscled, strong |
| balk | to stop short or refuse to go |
| herald | A messenger, carrier |
| sultry | hot, humid |
| situation | a condition or combination of circumstances: the way events or things are at a certain time. |
| calamity | something that goes wrong |
| wield | to handle with great power |
| sprint | To run at top speed |
| fuming | to be very angry, as though giving off smoke |
| employ | to make use of |
| flustered | nervous, excited, confused |
| hoist | to raise up or lift |
| ladle | To dip out a liquid using a cup-shaped spoon that has a long handle |
| civil | concerning the events happening within a country or community |
| vehicle | anything used to move people or good, a means of transportation |
| debris | scattered pieces or remains for something that has been broken or destroyed. |
| gloom | Low spirits or sadness |
| Reception | A social gathering in honor of someone |
| Fret | To worry, usually to worry out loud or to show by restlessness that one is worried. |
| solitary | existing or living alone |
| rebuke | a stern reprimand |
| swap | to trade items |
| develop | to grow, every detail complete |
| submit | To yield to the control, influence or authority of another |
| astound | To fill with wonder, surprise, astonish |
| fitful | restless or irregular |
| incident | something that happened an event |
| gush | To say very sweetly |
| taper | To make or become gradually thinner at one end |
| reckon | To consider or to compute |
| astound | To fill with wonder, surprise, astonish |
| guffaw | hoarse laughter, a short sudden laugh |
| prosper | To be successful, to do well, thrive |
| exaggerate | to describe something as larger or more interesting than it really is. |
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