Where the Red Fern Grows Vocabulary

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• fester

• to cause increasing poisoning or irritation

• wily

• to assemble; to gather

• mull

• full of cunning

• cur

• inferior or undesirable dog; mongrel

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• allot

• unconquerable spirit

• muster

• to parcel out

• grit

• to think over at length

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• leering

• sly; knowing

• limber

• to move sideways; to advance secretively

• sidle

• to determine beforehand

• destine

• capable of moving and bending easily

• smirk

• to smile in a self-satisfied way

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• belligerent

• indifferently; in an unconcerned manner

• nonchalantly

• hostile; aggressive

• droning

• swamp, marsh, or pond

• begrudgingly

• enviously; reluctantly

• slough

• speaking in a monotonous tone

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• mortal

• resembling flint

• lithe

• effortlessly graceful

• flinty

• subject to death; fatal

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• haggard

• appearing worn and exhausted

• scourge

• a means of causing severe suffering or punishment

• predatory

• relating to one that preys, destroys, or devours