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Words To Own

Directions: 1. Find and copy the entire sentence in which the vocabulary word appears in the story. 2. Record the definition.  

"Song of the Trees" p. 29

1. finicky

2. dispute

3. amble

4. delve

5. curtly

6. skirting

7. elude

8. incredulously 

9. ashen

10. sentry

"Three Skeleton Key" p. 65

1. horde

2. suffice

3. recede

4. edible

5. derisive

6. reconnaissance

7. flotilla

8. phosphorescent

9. Breton

10. Basque

11. derelict

12. yards (nautical term)

13. poop (nautical term)

14. ravenous

15. embrasure

"The Naming of Names" p. 153

1. interior

2. submerged

3. amiss

4. convivial

5. cease

6. anachronism

7. forlorn

8. recede

9. dwindle

10. pendulum

11. flimsy

12. mosaic

13. pendulum

"After Twenty Years" p. 193

1. habitual

2. intricate

3. dismally

4. egotism

5. simultaneously

"Bargain" p. 231

1. freighter

2. ornerier

3. buttes

4. palaver

5. hipshot

"Fish Cheeks" p. 135

1. appalling

2. wedge

3. clamor

4. rumpled

5. muster

"The Highwayman" p. p. 341

1. galleon

2. claret

3. rapier hilt

4. wicket

5. ostler

6. casement

"Annabel Lee" p. 351

1. seraphs

2. covet

3. dissever