Touching Spirit Bear: Chapters 1-13 Vocabulary

Definition of vicious

• thinly scattered; not dense or crowded
• extremely painful
• purposefully violent or mean
• contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

Definition of juvenile

• done in a gloomy or grumpy manner
• a young person who has not reached adulthood
• full of confusion or disorder; agitated
• describing activity that starts and stops; irregular

Definition of sparse

• a small stream
• to eat away or consume quickly
• contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
• thinly scattered; not dense or crowded

Definition of sullenly

• purposefully violent or mean
• a small stream
• describing activity that starts and stops; irregular
• done in a gloomy or grumpy manner

Definition of devour

• to eat away or consume quickly
• contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
• to become less intense, active, or severe; to abate or diminish
• purposefully violent or mean

Definition of subside

• thinly scattered; not dense or crowded
• full of confusion or disorder; agitated
• extremely painful
• to become less intense, active, or severe; to abate or diminish

Definition of flail

• to eat away or consume quickly
• full of confusion or disorder; agitated
• to swing or wave wildly or helplessly
• purposefully violent or mean

Definition of fitful

• to wound by tearing or scratching
• describing activity that starts and stops; irregular
• to swing or wave wildly or helplessly
• purposefully violent or mean

Definition of passive

• a young person who has not reached adulthood
• done in a gloomy or grumpy manner
• contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
• describing someone who allows or accepts things to happen and does not attempt to change anything

Definition of turbulent

• full of confusion or disorder; agitated
• to swing or wave wildly or helplessly
• to become less intense, active, or severe; to abate or diminish
• purposefully violent or mean