Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word in all CAPS: "When we reached the landing, Doodle said he was too tired to swim, so we got into a SKIFF and floated down the creek with the tide.

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word in all CAPS: "Even death did not MAR its grace, for if lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers..."

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word in all CAPS: "We danced together quite well until she came down on my big toe with her BROGANS, hurting me so badly I thought I was crippled for life."

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word in all CAPS: "I would gather wildflowers, wild violets, honeysuckle, yellow jasmine, snake flowers, and water lilies, and with wire grass, we'd weave them into necklaces and crowns. We'd BEDECK ourselves with our handiwork..."

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word in all CAPS: "Finally, I could see that I was LICKED. Doodle was my brother and he was going to cling to me forever, no matter what I did..."

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word in all CAPS: "To discourage his coming with me, I'd run with him across the ends of cotton rows and CAREEN him around corners on two wheels"

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word in all CAPS: "It was bad enough having an INVALID brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable..."

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word in all CAPS: "The flower garden is PRIM, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce."

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word in all CAPS: "... the oriole nest in the elm was UNTENANTED and rocked bath and forth like an empty cradle"