Tuck Vocab Chapters 16-17

Define "constable" as in used in the sentence below:

"Yessir," said the constable, trying again. "It's something new for these parts, kidnapping. Never had a case like this before that I know of, and I been in charge going on fifteen years."

• Policeman

• Horse Handler

• Stable Boy

• Citizen

Define "Cahoots" as it is used in the sentence below:

"How come you're so deep in it?" asked the constable suspiciously. "Maybe you're in cahoots with the kidnappers, how do I know? You should of reported it right off, when you saw her get snatched."

• Enemies

• Neighbors

• Partners

• Miami

Define "companionable" as in used in the sentence below:

Then he shrugged, and slumped a little in the saddle. "Might as well relax," he wheezed, suddenly companionable. "We'll be riding three, four hours."

• Angrily

• Friendly

• Excited

• Jumpy

Define "Cantering" as is used in the sentence below:

"He explained the route carefully, then dug his heels into the flanks of the fat old horse, cantering off into the darkness"

• Yelling

• Dancing

• Jumping

• Galloping

Define "gander" as it is used in the sentence below:

"Humph," he said to his horse. "Did you get a gander at that suit of clothes? Oh, well, it takes all kinds, as they say."

• look

• smell

• feel

• goose

Define "grated" as is used in the sentence below:

"The locks grated as the oars dipped and swung, but Miles was skillful. He rowed without a single splash."

• got angry

• to become invisible

• fell apart

• rub against something with a rasping sound.

Define "peculiar" as is used in the sentence below:

"My wife was nearly forty by then. And the children—well, what was the use? They'd have been near growed theirselves. They'd have had a pa close to the same age they was. No, it'd all have been so mixed up and peculiar, it just wouldn't have worked."

• joyus

• fun

• odd; strange

• sad

Define "peril" as if used in the sentence below:

“Snappers, now, they'll eat a frog soon as look at him." Winnie thought about this peril to the frogs, and sighed."

• deliciousness

• danger

• safety

• kindness

Define "teeming" as is used in the sentence below:

"Well, now, I don't know," said Miles. "If you think on it, you come to see there'd be so many creatures, including people, we'd all be squeezed in right up next to each other before long." Winnie squinted at her fishing line and tried to picture a teeming world."

• To be full, swarming with

• To be empty

• To work with a group of people

• Hopeless

Define "persisted" as is used in the sentence below:

"She looked at Miles, and then she asked him, "What will you do, if you've got so much time?"

"Someday," said Miles, "I'll find a way to do something important." "But what will you do?" Winnie persisted."

• To question

• To be hopeful

• To be desperate

• To insist by repeating yourself