Wednesday, December 11, 2019

HW #12 Due Fri 12/13

Complete WB page 58.  Make sure to use the context of what is happening in the book.
Word/Phrase
Page
Definition
scythed
64
Cut with a long, curved blade
doubtful
64

boldly
65
Without being afraid
grudgingly
66
Unwillingly
masses
66
Large groups
emaciated
68
Very thin from not getting enough to eat
mingle
71

despair
72

skittered
73
To move lightly and quickly, like a little animal
government collapse; government fall
73
When the people who are in charge in a county lose power
stampede
74

borehole
76
A deep hole drilled into the ground
earnestly
76
seriously and honestly
welter
79
Large and confusing group
plagued
80

peril
80

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