Vocabulary+-+Chp.+5+&+6

Use a dictionary to look up the following words. Then find them in the novel. Use the context clues to select the correct definition, and write a sentence for each, using the word in the same context as it is used in the story. Remember to underline the word in your sentence.

Numb - adjective - lacking sensation ~ Callie

Fret - (verb) Worried state of mind

Ooze - (noun) soft mud or slim (verb) to flow or leak slowly

Remote - (adjective) far removed in space

Quarry - (noun) the object hunted by hawks (verb) mining or digging of rocks

Shaft - (noun) A long, narrow passage sunk into the ground

Spell - short period of time Sounder will sit for a spell.

Sway - (verb) to swing slowly back and forth