| livelihood | concocting | vaguely | perplexed |
| solace | foreboding | stoically | reluctantly |
Read the sentences below from the chapter. Write down what you think the word in bold means. Check your definition in the dictionary. Write the definition down from the dictionary. Write a new sentence for each word.
These animal skins were the livelihood of our family. The money they brought in allowed us to buy food, electricity, and other items necessary to raise thirteen children.
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The tree was put up, and the adults were heard whispering, filling us little ones with excitement. All the while the home-brew was slowly concocting in the wooden barrel.
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