Vocabulary Chapters 14-18 Where the Red Fern Grows

to persuade someone to do something, usually by being nice

• jubilant

• impulsively

• coax

• leeward

feeling or expressing great happiness or triumph

• solemn

• jubilant

• monotonous

• gingerly

not smiling or cheerful; serious

• pruned

• solemn

• jubilant

• impulsively

dull or boring; repetitive

• monotonous

• superstition

• gully

• impulsively

a belief that the supernatural can cause something or lead to a certain action or outcome

• leeward

• gully

• coax

• superstition

to remove unwanted parts; groom

• pruned

• gingerly

• coax

• monotonous

to act quickly without thought

• coax

• solomn

• monotonous

• impulsively

in a careful or cautious manner

• pruned

• gingerly

• solemn

• superstition

the side sheltered or away from the wind

• gully

• pruned

• leeward

• coax

a water-worn ravine (valley)

• superstition

• pruned

• leeward

• gully