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Sight Words

Sight Words. The Stone Angel Chapter:5 by Hatice Oncel. stagnant. Dull, motionless Stagnant water pg:152. tipsy. Unsteady, unstable One leg tipsy pg:152. hick. a person from the countryside who is considered to be stupid and without experience pg:153. slough. Muddy area pg: 154

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Sight Words

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  1. Sight Words The Stone Angel Chapter:5 by Hatice Oncel

  2. stagnant • Dull, motionless • Stagnant water pg:152

  3. tipsy • Unsteady, unstable • One leg tipsy pg:152

  4. hick • a person from the countryside who is considered to be stupid and without experience pg:153

  5. slough • Muddy area pg: 154 • The sloughs were frozen

  6. countenance • To approve • I won’t countenance pg:155

  7. snatch • To grab • I snatch it pg:155

  8. bile • A bitter greenish fluid • bile taste in my mouth pg: 155

  9. gay • Merry • I am gay pg:155

  10. wicket • A small gate or door • behind the wicket pg:155

  11. perspiration • Sweat • feel the perspiration pg:156

  12. sodden • Soaked • My dress sodden under the arms pg:156

  13. agitate • to make someone feel anxious or angry • Look agitated pg:156

  14. minx • a girl or young woman who knows how to control other people to her advantage pg:156

  15. hideous • Horrible • Pg: 157

  16. grope • Search for blindly • Pg:159

  17. interminable • Endless • The ride is interminable pg:158

  18. tote • To carry • Toting suitcases pg:158

  19. blemish • Mark on the skin • Free of blemishes pg:159

  20. provision • A stock of food • I must have provisions pg:160

  21. spectacled • Wearing eyeglasses • Spectacled woman pg: 160

  22. deplorable • very bad • She has deplorable posture. Pg: 160

  23. chortle • To laugh • I have to chortle at the thought of it pg: 162

  24. banister • Handrail • Pg: 163

  25. swart • Dark in color • Not swart enough pg: 164

  26. loom • To appear • Buildings loom around me pg: 164

  27. hack • To cut • It has been hacked pg:167

  28. plod • To walk slowly • I plod back down pg: 167

  29. lanky • Tall and thin James Reilly was lanky pg: 169

  30. gumption • Capacity; shrewdness; common sense • You’ve got his gumption pg: 170

  31. amicably • Friendly • We lived there amicably pg: 171

  32. swell • Excellent • They were swell guys pg: 171

  33. prowler • someone who moves around quietly in a place, trying not to be seen, often before committing a crime • I heard a prowler in the garden pg:171

  34. recluse • a person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people • He’s kind of recluse pg: 172

  35. expressions

  36. to palm off something • to trick or persuade someone to take something • They’re trying to palm off now. pg:155

  37. be in a lather • excited and agitated • I’m all in a lather pg: 156

  38. Drat it • Slang an exclamation of annoyance • pg:157

  39. be limp as a dishrag • feels worn out, tired • pg: 164

  40. to charm the birds out off a tree • Exceptionally charismatic • pg:169

  41. pull (himself) up by (his) own bootstraps • Improve your situation by your own efforts • pg: 170

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