Old Yeller Chapter 1-4 Vocabulary

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brassy in the sentence: "Then he lifted in a wild brassy blare that set echos clamoring for miles around."

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loud and harsh

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sulked in the sentence: "I sulked and felt sorry for myself all the time I worked with the meat."

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silent and bad tempered

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rafter in the sentence: "I found him at daylight when Mama told me to cut down a side of meat hanging to the pole rafters."

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a beam that is part of the roof of the house

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romping
"He came romping toward me."

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playing roughly

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noticeable in the sentence: "But the most noticeable thing to me about him was how thin and starved looking he was, all but for his belly."

Back

easily seen or noted

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bareback
"I mounted Jumper bareback and rode him along Bird Song Creek and across a rocky hog back ridge."

Back

without a saddle

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withers in the sentence: "I tied the rope just back of his withers."

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The ridge between the shoulder blade of an animal.

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churning in the sentence: "The bone crushing weight of their hoofs was stomping all around and over me, churning up such a fog of dust that I couldn't see a thing."

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to agitate or move about vigorously

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reeking in the sentence: "The hot, reeking scent of their blood was in my nose."

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strong and unpleasant smell

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chongo in the sentence: "Chongo was suddenly the silliest looking bull you ever saw."

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droop horn