Reading vocab. issued 9-19-8
“My Friend Flicka” by Mary O’Hara
1.) abate – verb to decrease; to reduce
2.) auspicious – adj. favorable
3.) coax – verb to persuade in a gentle manner
4.) despair – noun lack of hope
5.) fanatical – adj. unreasonably enthusiastic
6.) festered – adj. to become infected or irritated
7.) guffaw – verb to laugh loudly
8.) inimitable – adj. unchangeable; unique
9.) wavering – adj. unsteady; not stable
10.) characterization the act of creating or describing a character
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