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Tuck Everlasting Vocabulary Words

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5th Grade vocabulary words from the book Tuck Everlasting

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ambled
moved slowly
move quickly
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ordeal
filled with sorrow
a difficult situation
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swivel
turn around a fixed point
run from one side to the next
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cahoots
in a partnership with
police officer
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roust
to wake up
to make a sound like a rooster
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lingered
hung around for a long time
unable to read or write
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Homely
Ugly, unattractive
Pretty or beautiful
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elated
very sad
very excited
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plaintively
strong, healthy, and full of energy
expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful
10
veranda
a porch along the outside of a house
a window in your house
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Ceased
Brought to an end
opposite of what is desired/wanted
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remorseful
having a bad temper
filled with sorrow or guilt
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vigorous
weak and small
strong, healthy, and full of energy
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indominable
cannot be overtaken or beaten
easy to beat 6
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flailing
moving or waving around
staying still
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curlicues
fancy curls or twists 6
candy that has swirls 6
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peversely
smart or trim in appearance or clothes
opposite of what is desired/wanted
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anguish
to get up and start moving
be extremely distressed about something
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tangent
Going off the main idea
Calm
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vanity
feelings of excessive pride in ones appearance
a small boat
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disheartened
feeling a loss of spirit or hope
excessive pride in ones appearance
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furrowed
smooth like a baby's bottom
deeply wrinkled like a forehead
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fleeting
moving slowly
passing quickly
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ghastly
having bad gas
horrible or frightful
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illiterate
unable to read or write
loves to read book
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decisively
cannot be overtaken or subdued
in a clear definite way
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chrome
a metallic element used to make colors
black and white
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Staunchly
loyal, firm dependable
interesting
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jaunty
well dressed/ trim appearance
walking with a bounce in your step
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wistful
having or showing a feeling of regret
having a feeling of joy
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enveloped
something that holds letters
enclosed completely
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shrilled
making a high pitched sound or cry
a kind of money used in England
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petulance
relaxed and happy
irritability or bad temper