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If you were to travel to different areas of the U.S., you would notice different accents and dialects. Dialect is a type of language that is particular to a region. The author uses the dialect he grew up using in the Ozarks as a boy. Some of these words may be unusual to you.

Read the vocabulary below and add it to your notebook.

• allot \ ə-ˈlät \ v. to assign as a share or portion*
• cur \ ˈkər \ n.a mongrel or inferior dog*
• fester\ ˈfe-stər \ v. to cause increasing poisoning, irritation, or bitterness*
• grit \ ˈgrit \ n. unconquerable spirit*
• mull \ ˈməl \ v. to consider at length*
• muster \ ˈməs-tər \ v. an act of assembling*
• wily\ ˈwī-lē \ adj. full of wiles : crafty*

* Merriam-Webster.com, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/. Accessed 1 June 2018.