Where the Red Fern Grows Vocab. Ch. 13-16

Front

to climb with hands and feet; to climb with difficulty. "I __________ up and looked over to the fight."

Back

clambered

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

Causing stomach sickness: "A ______________ sickness spread over my body."

Back

nauseating

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Front

To thrust forward, to jut out. "Turning around, I saw his hands were curled around the ______blade as if he himself had tried to pull it from his stomach."

Back

protruding

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

Short coat of thick wool, usually plaid. "He was sitting humped over, with his hands jammed in his pockets of his patched and worn _______."

Back

mackinaw

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

"Yes, Mama,' I said, and _______ off to my room."

Back

sulked

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

To speak or pronounce: "I was so surprised at what Grandpa had said I couldn't _____ a word."

Back

utter

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

A dull, low, monotonous sound. "I stood and listened to the ____ tones of his deep voice."

Back

droning

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

A soft muddy place, like a swamp. "I didn't know for a long time, until one day when I was hoeing corn by the old ______."

Back

slough

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Front

"Regardless of discouragement, my love for my little red hounds never _________."

Back

faltered

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Front

To plunge into water or splash with water. Example: "We doused all the fires..."

Back

doused

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4