Hundred Penny Box Vocabulary

fairly good; adequate

a poisonous snake; also called a water moccasin

in a critical or desperate situation; willing to do anything

having thin, filmy strands

a serious lung disease

of a high price or value

tree with dark, heavy wood

small or unimportant; weak

an enclosed chamber for burning fuel to make heat

not willing to change in spite of requests from others

the time of rebuilding the southern states after the Civil War, 1867-1877

sweat

britches

easily annoyed or bothered

1930s, a time when many people did not have work; wages and prices were falling