Do not forget to make your flashcards for this chapter!
Word |
Page # |
Definition |
| bluff | 26 | a high steep hill |
| bow | 16 | frame of a wagon that is bent into a simple curve |
| brindle | 5 | colored with faint dark streaks or spots on a gray or light brown background |
| clutch | 17 | to hold onto something tightly with your hand |
| cord | 6 | a unit of wood cut for fuel equal to a stack 4 x 4 x 8 feet or 128 cubic feet |
| crop | 19 | to cut off the upper or outer parts of (something) |
| enormous | 7 | very great in size or amount |
| miserable | 11 | very severe or unpleasant |
| papoose | 6 | a young child of American Indian parents |
| prick | 19 | to cause to be or stand straight and tall |
| pucker | 20 | to pull the sides of cloth together so that folds or wrinkles are formed |
| smother | 21 | to cover something in order to keep it warm |
| thud | 1 | a loud, dull sound made especially when a heavy object hits something |
| tremble | 21 | to shake slightly because you are afraid, nervous, excited, etc. |
| trot | 13 | a jogging rate of a horse that falls between a walk and a run |
| upright | 3 | positioned to be straight up |
Definitions utilized from Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Word Central Dictionary based on use in Little House on the Prairie.
by: Casey Jo Burrus © 2014
Bingham, Illinois
updated:
June 4, 2016
Cowden-Herrick Schools