1.  ambled, Pg.11,  "After breakfast when the sun was streaking red across the sky, my brothers and I ambled into the coolness of the forest leading our three cows and their calves down the narrow cow path to the pond."

def-ambulare to walk, from ambi- + -ulare (verb base akin to Middle Welsh el he may go, Greek Elythe he went). (verb)

My def- to walk leisurely.  We ambled through the park.

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2.  ghostlike, Pg.22, "Stacey said nothing as Christopher-John, Little Man and I ran wildly through the forest counting the ghostlike marks."

def-: ghost·like /-"lIk/ adjective

my def-: a faint shadowy trace <a ghost of a smile.

What do you think the author meant by using the word ghostlike?  He wanted us to wonder what the marks were representing, foreshadowing the coming event.

3.  haughtily, Pg.26, "Mr. Anderson looked haughtily at Mama." haugh·ti·ly /'ho-t&l-E, 'hä-/

def-: blatantly and disdainfully proud.  (adverb)

My def-to have overbearing pride.  I looked out over the crowd haughtily as I walked across the stage during graduation.

4.  haggle, Pgs.26 and 29, "I've offered you a good price for them and I ain't gonna haggle over it."

def-2 archaic : to annoy or exhaust with wrangling  intransitive senses : BARGAIN, WRANGLE

my def- to argue over something such as price  What are some things you have haggled over in your past?  I haggled with the car salesman for a deal on my car.

5.  venomously, Pg.29, "He hesitated a moment, then hissed venomously, "And if something should happen to David...."

def-1 : full of venom: as a : POISONOUS, ENVENOMED b : NOXIOUS, PERNICIOUS <expose a venomous dope ring -- Don Porter> c : SPITEFUL, MALEVOLENT <venomous criticism>  (adverb)

my def-to be spiteful or mean    I saw the lady look venomously at the thief.