Chapter 13,14,15 vocab by Isabela Dermody

Lean-to

id007270 — 2018-05-30 16:48:47 UTC

pg.151 "Sam was at his lean-to..."
A temporary shelter

When I went camping for my birthday, my dad in I slept on his tent and my brother set up a lean-to for himself.

Distressed

id007270 — 2018-05-30 16:52:37 UTC

pg.153 "426 yelled the distress cry over and over."
Suffering from anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
When my mom couldnt find my sister for a whole day, she started yelling distress calls.

Poacher

id007270 — 2018-05-30 16:55:54 UTC

pg.153 "Poachers-a special; kind of poachers.
A person who hunts or catches game or fish illegally.
Where I live there is a field with a sign. "No trespassers. All poachers will be persecuted.

Insignia

id007270 — 2018-05-30 16:58:23 UTC

pg.153 "... With an official insignia on the door."
A logo or design
On my moms shirt, she had an insignia for Longridge.

Cannonade

id007270 — 2018-05-30 17:01:23 UTC

pg.156 "A boom of thunder as loud as a cannonade shook the bridge."

 A period of continuous, heavy gunfire.

In the army it is really loud in wars like cannonades.

Deftly

id007270 — 2018-05-30 17:03:42 UTC

pg.158 " He found Frightful's old hood and deftly put it over Oksi's head."
In a way that is neatly skillful and quick in movement.
When my mom needed to give my sister her medicine, but she didn't want it so she put it in her mouth deftly.

Harboring

id007270 — 2018-05-30 17:08:20 UTC

pg.159 "I also might be jailed for harboring an endangered species."

Give a home or shelter to.

When my cousins went away, I had to harbor their three fishes.

Enclosure

id007270 — 2018-06-04 17:24:48 UTC

pg.164 "Oksi could not see Frightful from inside the enclosure, and Frightful could not see Oksi from where she was sitting."
An area that is sealed off.
In the zoo there are many enclosures.

Lure

id007270 — 2018-06-04 17:29:13 UTC

pg.164 "Sam got his falconers lure from the hemlock house."
Something that tempts or is used to tempt a person or animal to do something.
A fisherman lures in his fish.

Feeble

id007270 — 2018-06-04 17:32:42 UTC

pg.166 "Frightful heard the feeble cry of her chick."
Faint sound
When my mom called for me in Disney World, I could only hear her feeble cry.

Ogre

id007270 — 2018-06-05 16:46:36 UTC

pg.168" The ogre disappeared..."
Unpleasant looking thing.
In Tennessee there was a movie theater and it had an ogre on the front.

Gripped

id007270 — 2018-06-05 16:48:11 UTC

pg. 170 " Her feet gripped the dead limb..."
Deep firm hold on something
My brother tried to take my candy and I gripped it as much as I could.

Morsel

id007270 — 2018-06-05 16:51:40 UTC

pg.171 "Frightful tore off a morsel and fed Oksi."
A small piece
I gave my brother a morsel of my Kit Kat.

Umbra

id007270 — 2018-06-05 17:24:37 UTC

pg.172 " All were in the umbra of the magnificent hemlock."
Shadow or darkness.
In my front yard there is an umbra but in my back yard there are no trees to provide shadow.

Descendants

id007270 — 2018-06-05 17:24:52 UTC

pg.175 "It is owned by descendants of the John Burroughs family."
Family member
Over half of my male descendants fought in WWI.

Succumbed

id007270 — 2018-06-05 17:25:03 UTC

pg.176 "The day they succumbed to starvation..."
fail to resist temptation.
I succumbed to eat all my food.

Circuitous

id007270 — 2018-06-05 17:25:25 UTC

pg.185 "Sam took a circuitous route..."
Longer than the most direct way.
When there was traffic, my dad took a circuitous road.

Accusations

id007270 — 2018-06-05 17:26:30 UTC

pg.190 " In the din of accusations..."
Charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.
In the accusations there was a man.

Deliberatly

id007270 — 2018-06-06 17:05:40 UTC

pg.194 " Sam said slow and deliberately."
On purpose
The soccer player deliberatly pushed the other played.