My Friend Flicka

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My Friend Flicka

• Vocabulary

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darning

• Nell sat darning, using small stitches to close a
  hole in a sock.

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darning

• (v.) mending with woven stitches

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sauntered

• Kennie sauntered into the house, looking relaxed
  and confident.

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sauntered

• (v.) strolled, walked casually and with confidence

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concealed

• Nell thought he looked fine, but Kennies face
  concealed his worry he hid it behind a calm
  smile.

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concealed

• (v.) hid, disguised

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rebellious

• Kennies new horse was rebellious always
  struggling against him and hard to train.

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rebellious

• (adj.) defiant, resistant to authority

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wide-open

• He looked out the wide-open window that when
  opened to its full extent gave him a clear view
  of Flicka running wildly in the corral.

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wide-open

• (adj.) opened to a large or the full extent

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poring

• Kennie sat beside his mother and began poring
  over horse-training books, studying intently to
  find a way to help Flicka learn to trust him.

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poring

• (v.) reading deeply, quickly, intently