SIGN OF THE BEAVER CH. 4 -8 VOCABULARY and Comprehension

salvage

• to save from a shipwreck

• wet and muddy

• wax cells, formed by bees for storage of honey

• save from danger

deprived

• to save from a shipwreck

• open resistance; bold disobedience

• to withhold or take away something

• hemlock

boggy

• open resistance; bold disobedience

• to withhold or take away something

• chinking

• wet and muddy

defiance

• glared; stared angrily

• open resistance; bold disobedience

• wet and muddy

• hard to hear

honeycomb

• wet and muddy

• glared; stared angrily

• something you comb sweetly

• wax cells, formed by bees for storage of honey

glowered

• glow in the dark

• glared; stared angrily

• pulled or twisted violently

• wet and muddy

breechcloth

• book used in school for learning spelling

• glared; stared angrily

• to withhold or take away something

• a cloth worn over the lower body

wrenched

• Difficult to please

• book used in school for learning spelling

• to save from a shipwreck

• pulled or twisted violently

primer

• book used in school for learning spelling

• moccasins

• pulled or twisted violently

• wet and muddy

finicky

• an ax-like tool

• Difficult to please

• glared; stared angrily

• to withhold or take away something