The Sign of the Beaver Ch. 1-6 Vocabulary

to walk with trouble or in an awkward manner; limp

• daubed

• defiance

• hobble

• hemlock

a journey taken for a reason

• expedition

• endure

• coax

• shambles

bold disobedience; lack of respect for authority

• ruefully

• defiance

• daubed

• coax

to smear or cover with soft sticky material such as plaster

• hemlock

• daubed

• ruefully

• coax

obtain by patient, gentle persuasion

• shambles

• endure

• coax

• ruefully

to bear up under or function in spite of

• endure

• hemlock

• shambles

• ruefully

feeling, showing, or causing regret or sorrow

• hemlock

• daubed

• shambles

• ruefully

an evergreen tree of North America with short needles and small cones

• hobble

• hemlock

• shambles

• defiance

a place or condition of disarray or destruction

• ruefully

• daubed

• shambles

• defiance