ELA Chapter 1

Brusquely

Quickly; Bluntly; Abruptly; almost rudely

Bucking

To throw large bags of grain on a truck.

Cat house

House of prostitution

Contemplated

To think about it

Flats

Level, flat ground

morosely

in a sad, gloomy manner

Mottled

Having a variety of hues or colors; variegated, like marble

Recumbent

Still; without movement

Stake

An amount of money

Tramps

a person who travels about on foot, usually doing odd jobs for a living

magazine

the part of the gun that holds the bullets