Chapters 15-16
Vocabulary Words

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Word	Page #	Definition
boughten	111	purchased; store-bought
desperately	102	in a desperate manner, giving little reason to hope
footbridge	101	a bridge for people who are walking
ford	107	a shallow part of a river, stream, that may be crossed by walking across it
gather	110	to bring together into a group
hew	111	to shape by cutting with a sharp tool
knoll	117	a small hill
naughty	105	behaving badly
partition	111	a wall that separates one area from another
scold	105	to speak in an angry or critical way
shingle	111	a small thin piece of material for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof
slender	110	small or narrow compared to length or height
sorrel	108	any of various plants with sour juice
sow	105	to plant seeds in an area of ground
stand	108	a group of plants growing in a continuous area

Definitions utilized from Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Word Central Dictionary based on use in On the Banks of Plum Creek.

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