1. Where the Red Fern Grows Vocabulary Words Chapter 16 - end
Sixth Grade
4th Nine Weeks

2. Words to Know
flitting
lull
gingerly
haggard
foliage
sinews
feeble

3. lull flitting feeble gingerly lull haggard foliage sinews
Calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements or a lack of activity

4. sinew flitting feeble gingerly lull haggard foliage
sinews
sinew
A piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone; a tendon or ligament.

5. Plant leaves, collectively: "healthy green foliage"
flitting
feeble
gingerly
lull
haggard
foliage
sinews
foliage
Plant leaves, collectively: "healthy green foliage"

6. Lacking physical strength, esp. as a result of age or illness
flitting
feeble
gingerly
lull
haggard
foliage
sinews
feeble
Lacking physical strength, esp. as a result of age or illness

7. howing great care or caution:
flitting
feeble
gingerly
lull
haggard
foliage
sinews
gingerly
howing great care or caution:

8. Move swiftly and lightly
flitting
feeble
gingerly
lull
haggard
foliage
sinews
flitting
Move swiftly and lightly

9. Looking exhausted and unwell, esp. from fatigue, worry, or suffering
flitting
feeble
gingerly
lull
haggard
foliage
sinews
haggard
Looking exhausted and unwell, esp. from fatigue, worry, or suffering

10. Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
The butterfly was flitting through the air.
Moving quickly
small

11. Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
There was a lull at the stadium as they waited for the singer to walk out on stage.
Lack of activity
rush

12. Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
Primitive cultures used sinew as rope.
plants
tendons

13. Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
In the springtime, foliage can be seen in gardens across the city.
Green plants
animals

14. weak strong Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
After all these years, my grandfather looked very feeble as he tried to get up out of his chair.
weak
strong

15. softly rough Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
I held the bird egg gingerly so as not to break it.
softly
rough

16. tired tan Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
The man looked haggard after working a 12 hour shift in the hot sun.
tired
tan

17. You’ve got it!