Dog Town, Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Front

bustling

Back

full of energetic and noisy activity

Front

veranda

Back

a roofed platform along the outside of a house

Front

hemmed

Back

to enclose or confine

Front

dilapidated

Back

in a state of disrepair or ruin

Front

whirl

Back

to move rapidly in a circular or spiral manner

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mane

Back

long hair on the neck of a horse or lion

Front

dishevelled

Back

untidy or disordered

Front

indiscernible

Back

impossible to see or clearly distinguish

Front

insist

Back

to demand something forcefully

Front

shrill

Back

high-pitched and piercing sound