6th Grade Recommended Reading List: "The Ravine," Vocabulary from the short story

As you read Graham Salisbury's "The Ravine," learn this word list. Here are links to other word lists for texts in Grade 6's Collection 1: The Ravine, Fine?, Fears and Phobias, In the Spotlight
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  1. ravine
    a deep narrow steep-sided valley
  2. descent
    a movement downward
  3. resemble
    be similar or bear a likeness to
  4. gnarly
    rough and misshapen and full of knots
  5. scowl
    frown with displeasure
  6. wince
    draw back, as with fear or pain
  7. murky
    cloudy, dirty, and difficult to see through
  8. reluctantly
    with a certain degree of unwillingness
  9. decompose
    break down
  10. dense
    having high compaction or concentration
  11. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  12. vanish
    become invisible or unnoticeable
  13. penetrate
    pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
  14. hank
    a coil of rope or wool or yarn
  15. rivulet
    a small stream
  16. cascade
    rush down in big quantities
  17. precipice
    a very steep cliff
  18. plead
    appeal or request earnestly
  19. emerge
    come up to the surface of or rise
  20. vast
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
Created on Wed Jun 25 15:56:18 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jun 26 15:57:00 EDT 2014)

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