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Streets of Gold 3

Chapter three vocabulary

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the gulls a kind of bird that is found near the shore of the ocean
to shriek to make a very high loud sound, especially because you are afraid, angry, excited, or in pain
to scold to angrily criticize someone, especially a child, about something they have done
flawless having no mistakes or marks, or not lacking anything, perfect
unkempt unkempt hair or plants have not been cut and kept neat
steerage the part of a passenger ship where people who had the cheapest tickets used to travel in the past
a cresting wave reaching its highest point just before it breaks
clenched, to clench to hold tightly
hoisted, to hoist to pull up
pummeled, to pummel to beat or hit repeatedly
horsewhipped beat or hit with a whip used to hit horsed
Yiddish a language spoken by Eastern European Jews
an ogre a cruel man
a tyrant someone who has power over other people, and uses it cruelly or unfairly
evaded escaped, got away from
a slight stutter a small speech problem in which you cannot stop yourself from repeating the first consonant of some words
makeshift made to be used for a short time only when nothing better is available
the hold the area of a ship where the supplies are kept
quivered shook slightly
fleeing running away
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