Where the Red Fern Grows Novel study

Vocabulary dormant - Lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive grieve - To mourn or sorrow for; feel sad; be upset festered - To be or become an increasing source of irritation or poisoning; irritate; make bitter; aggravate

provisions - A stock of necessary supplies, especially food; rations; necessities trance - A soothing, comatose state; dream; daze; stupor; daydream submerge - To place under water; go under water sink

riffle - A rocky sandbank or sandbar lying just below the surface of a waterway. limber - Capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily; nimble; flexible belligerent - Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive; quarrelsome; spoiling

resistance - power or capacity to withstand; fight; battle foliage - A cluster of leaves; plants; shrubbery jubilant - joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; triumphant; thrilled; ecstatic; delighted;