Do not forget to make your flashcards for this chapter!
Word |
Page # |
Definition |
| cradle | 200 | a tool with rods like fingers attached to a scythe and used formerly for harvesting grain |
| horrified | 210 | to have been filled with horror |
| monstrous | 211 | very ugly or vicious |
| shock | 202 | to collect into a pile of sheaves of grain or stalks of Indian corn set up in a field |
| steep | 209 | to soak in liquid (as for drawing out a flavor) at a temperature under the boiling point |
| sullen | 205 | gloomily or resentfully silent: not sociable |
| tan | 205 | to strike forcefully especially with a long instrument (as a whip) |
| whetstone | 204 | a stone for sharpening blades |
Definitions utilized from Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Word Central Dictionary based on use in Little House in the Big Woods.
by: Casey Jo Burrus © 2012
Bingham, Illinois
updated:
June 4, 2016
Cowden-Herrick Schools