| angel |
a spiritual being who acts as a servant or messenger of God. Angels are often represented as human figures with wings and a halo. |
| awful |
very bad; terrible; of poor quality. |
| barefoot |
with nothing on the feet. |
| canoe |
a small narrow boat with curved sides and pointed ends. You move a canoe through water using a long stick with one wide flat end. |
| exit |
a way out. |
| explorer |
a person who travels through an area that is unknown to find out what is there. |
| grief |
great sadness. |
| hill |
a raised area of land smaller than a mountain. |
| librarian |
a person who has special training to work in a library. |
| native |
an original resident of a given place, such as the Inuit people of Alaska and northern Canada. |
| outstanding |
better than most others; excellent. |
| peanut |
a seed that people eat like a nut but grows under the ground and is in the same family of plants as beans. |
| sunny |
having weather in which the sky is blue and clouds do not block the light of the sun. |
| terror |
very great fear. |
| tough |
hard to break; strong; lasting a long time. |