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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
  • Chapter 13 14 Vocabulary

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Husking bee
  • a gathering of people, usually farm families, for
    the purpose of husking corn
  • To think youve never been to a husking bee! p.
    102

3
reputation
  • the views that are generally held about somebody
    or something
  • But this woman has no proper reputation.

4
acquainted
  • known to somebody or to each other from a
    previous introduction
  • ..If they find out that youre acquainted with a
    witch.

5
jubilant
  • feeling or expressing great delight over a
    success, achievement, or victory
  • Her jubilant feet came suddenly to a halt..

6
waning
  • a gradual lessening of power or intensity
  • The intent look in his eyes, even in the waning
    light, warned her of what was coming. p. 107

7
buoyancy
  • cheerfulness or optimism
  • Every morning she woke with a new confidence and
    buoyancy she could not explain.

8
barnacles
  • a small invertebrate animal with a shell that
    clings to rocks and ships and draws food to
    itself by using slender hairs cirri.
  • the hull was battered and knobby with
    barnacles

9
Milky way
  • the spiral galaxy to which Earth and its solar
    system belong, appearing as a faint band of light
    in the night sky
  • the vast arc of the milky way

10
wharf
  • a structure built alongside or out into the water
    as a landing place for boats and ships
  • carelessly scanning the busy wharf.

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partridge
  • a medium-sized, ground-nesting bird with
    variegated feathers, related to pheasants and
    grouse
  • I might have known it would gobble up a nice fat
    partridge in no time.
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