Touching Spirit Bear: Chapters 14-28 Vocabulary

Definition of trauma

• in a careful or cautious manner
• to frown or scowl
• an emotional wound or shock that often has long-lasting effects
• to bother or irritate

Definition of monotonous

• difficult to handle or manage; cumbersome
• dull and repetitive
• to move regularly from one region or climate to another
• continuing even when opposed

Definition of persistent

• continuing even when opposed
• to hold back or restrain someone, or one’s self, from doing or saying something
• in a way that shows unwillingness or hesitancy
• continuing even when opposed

Definition of inevitable

• to frown or scowl
• a loss of strength and energy usually resulting from hard work or great effort
• being alone or lonely
• unavoidable and certain to happen

Definition of irk

• to bother or irritate
• a sharp hooked claw of an animal especially on a bird of prey
• dull and repetitive
• to hold back or restrain someone, or one’s self, from doing or saying something

Definition of fatigue

• an emotional wound or shock that often has long-lasting effects
• in a way that shows unwillingness or hesitancy
• to hold back or restrain someone, or one’s self, from doing or saying something
• a loss of strength and energy usually resulting from hard work or great effort

Definition of warily

• continuing even when opposed
• to bother or irritate
• in a careful or cautious manner
• in a way that shows unwillingness or hesitancy

Definition of migrate

• difficult to handle or manage; cumbersome
• to move regularly from one region or climate to another
• to hold back or restrain someone, or one’s self, from doing or saying something
• dull and repetitive

Definition of awkward

• unavoidable and certain to happen
• in a careful or cautious manner
• a sharp hooked claw of an animal especially on a bird of prey
• difficult to handle or manage; cumbersome

Definition of reluctantly

• in a way that shows unwillingness or hesitancy
• to hold back or restrain someone, or one’s self, from doing or saying something
• to bother or irritate
• dull and repetitive