My Side of the Mountain Vocab #2

not having inhabitants; not lived in

• preen

• abandoned

• humanity

• scheme

restraint consisting of a rope or lead; often used to restrain an animal

• tether

• Thoreau

• barometer

• berate

device that measures atmospheric pressure

• bulbs

• bellows

• barometer

• rumpus

hunt illegally

• niche

• preen

• tether

• poach

anything that serves as an enticement or reward

• bellows

• preen

• lure

• niche

the roundish, tear-shaped part of some plants

• scheme

• poach

• lure

• bulbs

putting someone down by insulting their character

• preen

• berate

• barometer

• rumpus

all of the living human inhabitants on Earth

• humanity

• abandoned

• bellows

• Thoreau

a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely

• niche

• bellows

• permanent

• barometer

not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition

• permanent

• humanity

• lure

• poach