Mystic Horse LindaC/Callison/2011

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1.Read the definition 2.Look at the picture 3.Try to guess the word 4.Click to see the word

places on the skin that are broken open and painful sores You don’t really want to see pictures of sores do you?

to make something less tight loosened Even the president loosened his tie to relax.

something that is hard to understand or explain mysteries

when something causes surprise and wonder amazement

when you are in the middle of something midst

having a job or duty to perform responsibility

a series of people relieving each other or taking turns relays

chunks of time or space between things intervals These are one- week intervals.

the part of a country where people are just beginning to settle frontier

a method of long-distance communication through wires telegraph

High Interest Words These are words in the story you may not have seen before.

someone who follows a religious belief having to do with communicating with the divine mystic

a rope used for catching horses, cows, etc. lariat

to hold somebody or some- thing tightly with the hands clasped

a traditional animal-hide tent used by the Plains Indians teepee

something that extends across a continent trans- continental In 1869 the trans- continental railroad was completed connecting the east and west coasts.

sores loosened mysteries amazement midst responsibility relays intervals frontier telegraph High Interest Words mystic lariat clasped teepee transcontinental