Red Fern Vocabulary

Section 1 Chapters 1-5 (I-V)  Allotted- given to  Aromatic- pleasant smell  Canebrakes- piece of ground covered by a lot of growth  Commotion- confused and noisy disturbance  Dormant- alive but not active

Section 1 continued  Drastic- extreme  Dumbfounded- greatly astonished or amazed  Festered- to get worse/won’t go away  Muster- gather up  Provisions- basic needs  Quavering- shake or tremble

Section 1 continued  Sheen- shine or glisten  Sparsely- spread out  Squalling- crying out/yelling

Section 2 Chapters 6-9 (VI-IX)  Bulldogged- determined, won’t let go  Desperation- hopelessness  Domain- area of reign, territory  Eternity- forever  Gouge- cut out  Hampering- holding back  Jarred- struck against, moved forcefully

Section 2 continued  Limbered- flexible, able to move  Liniment- liquid or lotion used for rubbing on the body  Mischievous- naughty, causes trouble  Peculiarity- odd or strange  Persistence- constant trying, staying with something

Section 2  Querying- a doubt or questioning  Sober voice- with sad or emotionless tone  Wedge- driven in between  Winced- flinching/grimacing in pain

Section 3 Chapters (X-XIII)  Abounded- to have a lot of or number of  Begrudgingly- not willing, not wanting to  Belligerent- aggressive, mean, loud  Clambered- to move or get out of in awkward way  Debris- parts, wreckage, or trash  Decoration Day- Memorial Day

Section 3 continued  Designated- appointed or assigned person or thing  Disposition- someone’s mood or feeling they give off  Leering- look at unpleasantly  Nonchalantly- carefree or without much care  Predicament- situation

Section 3 continued  Protruding- sticking out  Riffle- a rocky shoal or sandbar  Rile- to annoy or irritate someone  Salve- an ointment used for healing  Shriveled- to shrink or coil up  Sidled- walk in a timid way  Slough- marsh

Section 3 continued  Strutted- walk in an arrogant or cocky way  Surpassed- to go above or past  Taut- stretched or pulled tight  Ventilating- let air out or in  Wattle- colored fleshy lobe hanging from a turkey’s neck  Wallowing- roll around, stay in

Section 4 Chapters (XIV – XVIII)  Awed- amazed, respectful  Blurted- to say out or call out  Dabbing- to press against or hesitate  Doused- pour something (like liquid) over  Droning- constant low humming sound  Faltered- to lose strength or hesitate  Fidget- small quick movements, not sitting still

Section 4 continued  Flitting- move swiftly  Gawking- stare at wide eyed  Gloated- be happy about something bad happening  Haggard- looking exhausted or not well  heedless- without thought or care  Impulsively- without thinking  Jinx- brings bad luck

Section 4 continued  Leeward- the side sheltered from the wind  Pent up- built up inside  Restored- to bring back  Solemn- very sad  Squabble- a noisy quarrel  Verge- on the edge or about to

Section 5 Chapters (XIX- XX)  Berserk- crazy with anger  Blood curdling- awful, deathly scream  Caress- touch softly  Churring- prolonged sound  Cleaved- to split with something sharp  Disembowel- inside, “guts” come out due to a wound  Entrails- the insides of an animal, “guts”

Section 5 continued feeble- lacking strength, weak Foliage- leaves Impact- shock or collision Jugular- neck or throat Legend- a story passed on Lithe- thin and graceful Petrified- extremely scared

Section 5 continued  Predatory- animal that stalks and eats prey  Scourge- a person or thing that causes great suffering  Sinews- a tough tissue connecting muscle and bone  Wavered- shake, become unsteady

Multiple Choice Answers  Chapters 1 and 2  1. b11. a  2. a12. d  3. d  4. a  5. d  6. a  7. b  8. c  9. a  10. c

MC continued  Chapter 3  1. c9. c  2. b10. b  3. c11. c  4. c12. b  5. a  6. c  7. b  8. d

MC continued  Chapters 4-5  1. b10. b  2. c11. a  3. a12. c  4. a13. b  5. d14. a  6. b15. c  7. b16. d  8. a17. d  9. d

MC continued  Chapter 6  1. a10. d  2. d11. b  3. a12. b  4. b  5. c  6. d  7. a  8. c  9. c

MC continued  Chapters 1-7  1. c10. d19. a  2. c11. b20. c  3. d12. b  4. c13. a  5. a14. d  6. c15. a  7. a16. b  8. c17. c  9. c18. b

MC continued  Chapter 8  1. b10. b  2. c11. d  3. b12. b  4. a  5. c  6. b  7. b  8. c  9. d

MC continued  Chapter 9  1. b9. d  2. b10. b  3. c11. c  4. a12. a  5. b  6. a  7. a  8. b

MC continued  Chapters 8-11  1. a10. d  2. b11. c  3. d12. b  4. a13. d  5. b14. d  6. b15. c  7. b16. a  8. a  9. a

MC continued  Chapter 12  1. a9. a or b  2. c or a10. a  3. b  4. c  5. c  6. b  7. b  8. c

MC continued  Chapter 13  1. b10. a  2. d11. b  3. b12. d  4. a13. b  5. a14. c  6. c  7. b  8. b  9. a

MC continued  Chapter 14  1. c10. c  2. a11. d  3. c12. c  4. b  5. c  6. b  7. a  8. c  9. c

MC continued  1. a10. a  2. c11. b  3. b12. d  4. b13. a  5. b14. b  6. c  7. c  8. b  9. a

MC continued  Chapters 8-15 (8-12)  1. b10. b  2. b11. a  3. c12. c  4. a13. b  5. a14. c  6. a15. a  7. d16. c  8. b  9. d

MC continued  Chapters  1. b11. d  2. c12. d  3. c13. b  4. d14. d or a  5. b  6. a  7. c  8. a  9. a  10. d

MC continued  Chapters  1. a10. a  2. b11. c  3. a12. a  4. c13. c  5. d 14. a  6. a15. a  7. c16. d  8. b  9. c