Old Yeller

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Old Yeller
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• Vocabulary Chapters 1-3

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VocabularyUse a dictionary to define the
following terms
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• cur scabbard
• dingy scythe
• fertile solemn
• hopper writhing
• lye mesquite

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cur
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• Inferior and undesirable dog, mongrel

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dingy
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• Not bright, fresh, or clean dull

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fertile
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• Able to produce good crops

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hopper
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• a tank with a device for releasing its liquid
  through a pipe a usually funnel-shaped container
  for delivering material such as rice

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lye
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• a strong substance used in making soap and
  detergent. It is made by soaking wood ashes in
  water.

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mesquite
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• A thorny tree or shrub common in the southwestern
  United States and in Mexico

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scabbard
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• a case for the blade of a sword or dagger

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scythe
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• a cutting tool that is long sharp and narrow with
  a curved shape

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solemn
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• serious, sad , gloomy

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writhing
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• twisting and turning as in pain