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Sarah, Plain and Tall Vocabulary

Sarah, Plain and Tall Vocabulary. His wife to be is young and __________. energetic. What if she thinks we are loud and ______. pesky. I stood and watched Sarah, ______ in her hands, Papa next to her in the wagon. reins.

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Sarah, Plain and Tall Vocabulary

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  1. Sarah, Plain and Tall Vocabulary

  2. His wife to be is young and __________. energetic

  3. What if she thinks we are loud and ______. pesky

  4. I stood and watched Sarah, ______ in her hands, Papa next to her in the wagon. reins

  5. The wind blows the snow and brings ______________ and makes the sheep run. tumbleweeds

  6. “What’s that?” asked Caleb excitedly _________ over Papa’s shoulder. peering

  7. There was a hiss of wind, a sudden _________ smell. pungent

  8. They followed her, shuffling and scratching _______ in the dirt. primly

  9. We ran outside and saw a huge cloud, horribly black, moving toward us over the north fields. A _______ was coming. squall

  10. eerie The barn was _______ and half lighted, like dusk without a lantern.

  11. Papa took Sarah’s bags inside, where her room was ready with a quilt on the bed and blue ______ dried in a vase on the night table. flax

  12. Jack was Papa’s horse that he’d raised from a colt. “_______,” murmured Papa, smiling, because no matter what Jack did Papa still loved him. Rascal

  13. “I will ride Jack.” Jack was Sarah’s favorite. Papa shook his head. “Not Jack,” he said. “Jack is _____.” sly

  14. dusk It was _____, and the dogs lay beside him on the warm hearthstones.

  15. “It was soft and sparkling with bits of mica, and when we were little we would slide down the _______ into the water.” dune

  16. “Cold in town,” said Papa. “And Jack was _______.” feisty

  17. dusk the time after sunset when it is nearly dark

  18. energetic active and able to do many things

  19. rascal A mischievous person or animal

  20. feisty lively or frisky

  21. pesky full of trouble

  22. peering to look closely

  23. flax a plant with blue flowers and long leaves that produces oil and fiber

  24. dune a sand hill made by the wind and is near the ocean or in a desert

  25. tumbleweeds a bushy plant in the west that dries out and blows out around the wind

  26. primly in a formal and proper way

  27. pungent a strong smell or taste

  28. eerie strange and frightening

  29. squall a sudden, violent wind that usually brings rain, snow, or sleet

  30. sly crafty, cunning, secretive

  31. reins straps attached to a bridle to control or guide a horse

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