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TUCK EVERLASTING word list 29 words

A few words from Natalie Babbitt's novel for your use.

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  1. bovine
    any of various members of the genus Bos
  2. catholic
    free from provincial prejudices or attachments
  3. mindless
    devoid of intelligence
  4. stirred
    set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend
  5. defeated
    people who are defeated
  6. lapse
    drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
  7. gentility
    elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
  8. constable
    a police officer of the lowest rank
  9. accusation
    an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
  10. barbarian
    a member of an uncivilized people
  11. courteous
    characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners
  12. grudgingly
    in a grudging manner
  13. gander
    mature male goose
  14. hub
    the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
  15. amble
    walk leisurely
  16. tangent
    a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
  17. abruptly
    quickly and without warning
  18. dimension
    a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
  19. carelessly
    without care or concern
  20. isolation
    the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
  21. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  22. vanish
    become invisible or unnoticeable
  23. squat
    sit on one's heels
  24. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
  25. accomplice
    a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
  26. custody
    (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
  27. snatch
    to grasp hastily or eagerly
  28. revulsion
    intense aversion
  29. verandah
    a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)