Where the Red Fern Grows 6 - 10 Vocabulary

to move or run with bouncing steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride as a person

• belligerent

• slough

• lope

• lunge

an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region

• riffle

• slough

• submerged

• hampering

predetermined to be or do something

• destined

• fad

• hampering

• lope

to weary; tire out

• belligerent

• nonchalantly

• fad

• frazzle

under the surface of the water

• submerged

• trance

• fad

• lope

of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose

• lunge

• nonchalantly

• belligerent

• fad

to hold back; hinder; impede

• persistence

• belligerent

• frazzle

• hampering

constantly repeated; continued, firm, or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition

• trance

• persistence

• fad

• belligerent

a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking

• trance

• fad

• lunge

• belligerent

a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group

• fad

• persistence

• lope

• submerged