How to Eat Fried Worms - Ch. 1

Julie H.
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  1. thumbnail
    the nail of the thumb
    Alan sat down on the step below Tom and began to chew his thumbnail.
  2. savings account
    a bank account that accumulates interest
    "In my savings account.
  3. leftovers
    food remaining from a previous meal
    "Is your mother going to make you eat the leftovers today at lunch?" he asked Billy.
  4. Salmon
    a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho
    "Salmon casserole."
  5. bounce
    spring back; spring away from an impact
    Tom was sitting on his porch steps, bouncing a tennis ball.
  6. dangle
    hang freely
    Billy dangled a leaf in front of the cat, but the cat just rubbed against his knee, purring.
  7. blubber
    an insulating layer of fat under the skin of some animals
    He just hadn't worked off all his winter blubber yet.
  8. freckle
    a small brownish spot on the skin
    Billy flopped down on the grass, chunky, snub-nosed, freckled.
  9. rub
    move over something with pressure
    Tom's sister's cat squirmed out from under the porch and rubbed against Billy's knee.
  10. scratch
    cut, scrape, or wear away the surface of
    Billy scratched the cat's ears.
  11. nervous
    of or relating to a system of sensory apparatus
    Alan argued a lot, small, knobby-kneed, nervous, gnawing at his thumbnail, his face smudged, his red hair mussed, shirttail hanging out, shoelaces untied.
  12. pile
    a collection of objects laid on top of each other
    "Old Man Tator caught Joe as we were climbing through the fence, so we all had to go back, and he made us pile the peaches on his kitchen table, and then he called our mothers."
  13. boil
    change from a liquid to vapor
    "And he can eat them any way he wants," said Tom. "Boiled, stewed, fried, fricasseed."
  14. provide
    give something useful or necessary to
    "Yeah, but we provide the worms," said Joe. "And there have to be witnesses present when he eats them; either me or Alan or somebody we can trust.
  15. college
    an institution of higher education
    If he won fifty dollars, he could buy that mini-bike George Cunningham's brother had promised to sell him in September before he went away to college.
Created on Fri Nov 12 14:39:34 EST 2010

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