VOCABULARY
Chapter 1
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Chapter 2 |
Chitchat - conversation
flimsy - bends easily photosynthesize - when the leaf changes from green to another color, (red, orange, yellow) daredevil - attempts dangerous things without fear introvert - shy, quiet |
Quercus Rubra - Latin name for Northern Red Oak Tree
ablaze - Leaf looks like it is on fire Red Oak - a type of oak tree Sugar Maples - a type of maple tree, 5 lobed leaf, changes color in the fall |
Chapter 3aspirations - a goal to achieve
traditional - commonly done, normal bestowed - to give something to someone |
Chapter 4nonetheless - no matter what
discreet - not obvious busybody - wants to know what everyone else is doing speckled egg - see photo pessimistic - sees the bad in everything optimistic - sees the good in everything ridiculous - silly custom - a tradition catch their fancy - something attracts their attention aerobatic maneuvers - turns in the air Aubergine - see photo mimics - to repeat or imitate aspiring - reaching for a goal garage band -accordion, bass guitar, tuba, bongo drums |
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Chapter 6 |
confusing - hard to understand
botanists - a person who studies trees dioecious - separate male and female trees, ex: hollies, willows, monecious - male and female flowers on the same tree |
hold in protection - keep safe
theory - an idea intervene - to get into the middle frantic - scared, worried fainted - to pass out profusely - to feel strongly incident - an accident observant - to be watchful intricate - lots of detail symphony - musical convey - to express eyebrow cocked - giggle stifled - hold in a laugh express - to talk Ponderosa Pine - see photo Aspen - see photo Sweet Gum - see photo complicated - not simple miraculous - amazing, surprising |
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Chapter 8 |
burrow - see photo
hollows - hole in trunk or branches of the tree - see photo elements - basic parts complex - apartment building residents - people or animals that live in a home or neighborhood compromise - give and take baby boom - lots of babies territory - area |
community - a group, family, town
wary - careful of, worried about trudged - walked slowly and deliberate frosty veil - coating of frost Samar - Muslim girl that lives in the blue house Boy (Stephen) - lives in the green house salt and pepper chickadees - see photo deer mice - see photo bear - see photo venture out - to go out spattered - spotted thistledown - see photo dandelion fluff - see photo flit - to fly back and forth tolerate - put up with bribe - use something to convince others to do what you want magical - amazing dominance - the stronger resources - Bongo has pink & white dot ribbon, monopoly car, gold ribbon, and root beer cap. |
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Chapter 10 |
newcomers - new to the town or territory
celebrity - famous vanished - disappeared |
centuries - 100s of years
picnickers - to have a party outside proposers - come up with ideas bough - branch of tree vows - promises ascents - climb higher hacked at - chop and chip at carved into - cut like a Jack o'lantern overpruned - cut off too many branches fertilized - feed nutrition for lawn battered - bruised tolerated - put up with marked by dogs - dogs spray on to leave their scent mitee infestation - leaf blister - see photo sooty mold - see photo oak wilt - see photo leaf scorch - see photo daintier - more delicate witnessed - to see something black willow - see photo persimmons - see photo apples - see photo red buds - see photo |
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13 |
Chapter 14 |
base of trunk - the bottom of the tree - see photo
head cocked - see photo mistook - scaffold branch - big, primary limbs or branches - see photo examined - injury - philosophize - rolled her eyes - see photo tattoos - nudged - squawk - divebomb - deposit - Bongo wants to poop on someone delivered - raindrops in a river - greedy people - hopeful- residents - curious - full of longings - frozen in place - bedraggled - carved - like a pumpkin (I was carved.) see photo |
prim and proper -
architectural siblings - houses built from the same design glimmer - referring to an idea pirouetted - turn like a ballerina - see photo anchored - Nationalities - Chinese, Spanish, Yoruba, French Creole Foods - tamales, pani puri, dim sum, fu fu - see photos customs - distant - from faraway unfamiliar - transplant - to move roots from one place to another uneasy - Muslims - taunting - head scarf -see photo kept tabs - eavesdropped - to listen in on a conversation observed - to watch impartial - interfered - resources - patience - |
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Chapter 17assume - to think something is true
reporter - person that tells a news story interviewing - asking questions beloved - loved dearly gasped - to be surprised resident - lives in the tree or house incident - |
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Chapter 18cruiser - police car
investigate - to look for clues reassuring - offspring - child of animal or human maple sapling - baby maple tree blushed red at sunset - sky turns a shade of red journey farther - to go away from where you are scrambling - Francesca - great grandmother. (grandparent's mother) |
Chapter 19eyes held moonlight - the light of the moon can be seen in eyes
splinter of moon - a slice of the moon is lit echoing/ echo - to repeat a sound or word shiny - bright affection - love inherited - passed on through generations generations - child, parent, grandparent, great grandparents pang - a feeling inside savor - to enjoy impending - something is close to happening oxygen - produced by trees in the air we breath advantages - something that improves life moonlight - light that shines from the moon |
Chapter 20restless (ness) - can't sit still, needs to move
quality - cell - part of a tree buds - new leaves that haven't opened fidgety - to move around passive - actor in the stories unfolding - grumbled - friendship - things in common exhale - to let air out thoroughly awake - not sleepy graceful - unhurried - move slowly birds - flits and twitches astonighing - tenant - resident (could be a renter) yak - talk voil |
Chapter 21fireflies -
implied - roused - passive - confident - to believe in yourself frantic - temporariy - not permanent inquisitive - ask questions beholder - dibs - no offense - boisterous - spunk - faint - playing possum - pretend you are dead adaptation - vacated - grey squirrel - tom cat - huff - tense - worried situation - Linden Tree - favorite branch - Bongo's home plate |
Chapter 22executed Plan one -
cawed frantically - victorious - stalked - encircled - made a circle pleaded - begged Chapter 23mangled - twisted
meddling - interfering Chapter 24strutting - walking
bickering - fighting miraculously - reassured - den - where animals live officially - Chapter 25foaming at mouth -
species - chided - scolded nervous - rabid - to have rabies motivated - inspired to do something |
Chapter 26venture out - to wander
charm - bunch of hummingbirds murder of crows - group of crows grove - group of many trees gaze of raccoons - group of raccoons hesitated - paused wearily - tired, Chapter 28Patiently -
somersaulted - rolled in a circle instructed - taught schedule - time events will happen apparently - distracted - not focused awkward - uncomfortable, not balanced sill - ledge on a window Chapter 30gaped -
astonishment - to be surprised strangled whisper - soft voice that cracks complied - to go along with convey - to express Chapter 32newcomers - to be new to a neighborhood or group
pliable - bendable table scraps - leftover food from the table privately - flirtations - to like someone and make them feel good aplenty - to have a lot lonely - to feel alone or left out melancholy - to be sad passages - like a hallway, to go between to areas fog - cloud that is on the ground |
Chapter 27mission - a plan
predicted - to think something will happen jealous - rippled - air moving leaves, limb - branch of tree Chapter 29mussed - messed up
bleary - not in focus magic - imitate - to mimic something, action or words diary - journal for thoughts revealing - to show blush - to redden, visible - can see tussle and romp - active play Chapter 31decades - 10 years
youngster - not an adult standards - expectations sapling - baby tree desparate - settle - voyaged - to travel on a journey dysentery - a disease attire - how you are dressed penniless - without money, poor immigrants - people who move to a new country remedies - solutions, medicines patient - soothe - calm someone down abilities - strengths, things you are good at doing piglets - baby pigs lame horses - horses that can't walk tokens - small items, coins whittled figurine - to use a knife to create an object leather covered journal - a book that has leather on the outside roomed - to stay in a room gratitude - to be thankful |
Chapter 33knowingly - to know what you are doing
lilting voice - a soothing voice "raggy tree" - a tree in Ireland, most often a Hawthorn time-honored tradition - something that is done on a regular basis, yearly, monthly Chapter 35wail - to cry
meek peep - quiet, soft sound righteous indignation - to feel that someone has done something wrong to you |
Chapter 34hosting - to be in charge of an event
drey - nest made of leaves and twigs high in forked branches moss - green, soft plant pine needles - the needles on a pine tree enterprising - ideas that can do something good suspect - to think something is going to happen benefit - for the good of the group unfettered - tattered gray coat - ripped, torn coat wrapped bundle - a package that is wrapped swiftly - to move quickly |
Chapter 36haltingly - to stop, in choppy sentences
Italian - a person from Italy consulted - to ask advice from someone Amadora - means " the gift of love" in Italian Chapter 38reputation - how others think of you
Chapter 39quizzical voice - voice sounds like it is asking a question
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Chapter 37unmarried - not married, single person
abandoned - to leave alone belong - hope - believe something good will happen scarce - not many of an item, a few melody - music effect - to make a change messy garden - unorganized, many types of items steady and honest - trustworthy prospered - to grow, to increase argued - to disagree failed - not succeed |
Chapter 40accidentally - not planned
meaningful - important ensconced - in the middle of foolish - silly hopeful - wishing for the best |
Chapter 41emerged - to come out
saturated - soaked with water unusual - not as expected, different bamboo cane - walking stick made with bamboo, a type of wood twine - string inspect - to look closely perch - to stand scowled - unhappy face, angry sleepwalking - to walk while still asleep regretted - to be sorry splattered - to make spots |
Chapter 42mull - to think things over
sparkly harness - collar that shimmers estimate - to guess an amount muck - mud sentiment - thoughts noggin - head sympathetically - to feel sorry riled - to upset cut-down - to cut a tree down ferocious caw - angry call of a crow |
Chapter 43executioners - the tree cutters
root canal - tree roots cavity - tree hollow chainsaws - saws that run with an engine ominously - stump grinder - machine to chop up the base of the tree arborist - friend to trees pruning - trimming branches elegant - fancy tempting - something that is appealing insensitive - not thinking of feelings hightail it out - to leave quickly Wishing Day - May 1, the day to leave a wish on the tree |
Chapter 44relief -
oxygen - air common trait - attic - top of a house above the ceiling and under the roof wry smile - not a happy smile squared her shoulders - stood tall and pulled shoulders back addled your brains - confuse you metamorphically - saying comparing one thing to another counseling - receive advice accusingly - to blame someone foolish - be silly weird - different from the normal |
Chapter 45unfortunately - bad luck
eluded - escape fuzzy wings of owlet - baby owl, soft downy feathers on wings indulge - give in to something or someone contemplation - to think about philosophize - to use reason and figure out why |
Chapter 46departed - to leave
skunks under porch - skunks like to burrow under porches nuzzled - snuggled sniffled - soft crying bitter end - the very end microphones - device to make a sound louder doomed - not going to end well accurate reporting - true news cooperative - to work well together trickle - a slow stream deluge - such a fast stream that it runs over |
Chapter 47blossoms - flowers
secretly - without others knowing miracle - something amazing damp - wet, but not soaking wet hobby - something you enjoy in your free time |
Chapter 48safe distance - far enough away from danger
consulted - to ask for advice critters - animals buzzed - noise like a bee makes, or chainsaw going away party - farewell party wild, tangled, colorful garden - a garden filled with a mix of things |
Chapter 49megaphone - a cone shape device to make your voice louder
barriers - something to stop you from going further erected - to build "show on the road' - to start or begin urgently - very important to do right away intense - triumphantly - proudly, to win streaked - run fast brood - crows clambering - climbing perfection - correct, no mistakes special circumstance - something to consider that makes it unique fascinated crowd - group that is involved barricades - something that stops you menagerie - an assortment of things threaten - to attempt to make someone do something |
Chapter 50wish - laden boughs - branches covered in wishes
moths - small winged insects upturned gazes - looking up |
Chapter 51sauntering - walking slowly
heritage tree - tree that is protected forever meddling - interfering with someone else's business |