1. Bud, Not Buddy Vocabulary for Chapters Seven-Eight All photos taken from Google Images.

2. Britches—an informal term for breeches; pants

3. Crawdad—a freshwater crustacean related to the lobster

4. Dandelion—a weed with yellow flowers and a fluffy white seed head

5. Gait—a manner of walking, stepping, or running

6. Hypnotizing—putting in a hypnotic state; mesmerizing

7. Kin—family; relatives

8. Matrimonial—of or pertaining to marriage

9. Muskrat—a large rodent

10. Radiating—extending from a center; spreading

11. Retrieve—to recover or regain

12. Whiff—a slight gust of wind, air, or smoke; taking in, smelling wind, air, or smoke

13. Wiry—resembling wire; thin; sinewy