Monday, January 30, 2012

WEEK of JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 3rd

MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD VOCAB.
1. Patriots
2. delegate
3. principles
4. Lobsterbacks-slang word for British Soldiers
5. Minutemen-Soldiers that would be ready to fight in one minute
6. massacred-slaughter/kill indiscriminately
7. taproom-a room where they serve beer/alcohol
8. constitutes-to be a part of a whole
9. agitators-a person who urges others to protest or rebel
10. subversion-to undermine
11. bayonet-a swordlike stabbing blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle for use in hand-to-hand fighting.
12. blurts-to shout out/say impulsively without thought
13. pride-a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements
14. cordial-warm and friendly
15. lascivious
16. tavern
17. taxation
18. representation
19. rebellion
20. Tories

Monday, January 23, 2012

WEEK OF JANUARY 23-27th

Fighting Ground Final Vocabulary
1. cartridge
2. clenched
3. inhaled
4. meager
5. conspired
6. elusively
7. flickered
8. occasionally
9.desperately
10.spasmodically
11. silhouettes p.109-the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, esp. in dim light.
12.fragmentary p.110-consisting of small parts that are disconnected or incomplete
13. hunched p.111-raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward :
14. accusation p.113-a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong
15. gesture p. 127-a movement of part of the body, esp. a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning
16. ransom p.133-a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner.
17. gauge-1 an instrument or device for measuring the magnitude, amount, or contents of something, typically with a visual display of such information.
18. stammered p.151-speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words
19.mirage p. 151-an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, esp. the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert
20. garrison-the troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it.
• the building occupied by such troops.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

WEEK OF JANUARY 17-20

Social Studies+ Fighting Ground Vocab.+MLK VOCAB
1. alliance
2. delegate
3. Parliament
4. proclamation
5. budget
6. representation
7. massacre
8. boycott
9. repeal
10.monopoly
11. scrutinized p. 59-look, examine carefully
12. muster p. 64-assemble troops
13. obliterate p. 66-destroy, annihilate
14. perplexed p. 71-confused
15. camaraderie p. 79-friendship, mutual trust
16. averted p. 82-avoided
17. spasm p. 89-sudden involuntary movement
18. encroaching p. 90-to intrude
19. callousness p. 92-showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others
20. rebuff p. 93-reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner
21. segregation- the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country
22. discrimination-the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex :
23. civil rights-the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
24. eloquent-fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing
25. Martin Luther King Jr.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

WEEK OF JANUARY 11-13th

FIGHTING GROUND WORDS (VOCAB SMART RESPONDER QUIZ
Test on Tuesday, January 17th)

----Just focus on the words with an * in front of them----
1. * fife
2. * grenadiers
3. percussion
4. * hefted
5. suffocating
6. priming pan
7. lurched
8. transfixed
9. *linchpin
10. * buckled
11. *riveted
12. salvation
13. *corporal
14. monotonously
15. grotesque
16. * Hessian
17. * regiment
18. affixed
19. quizzically
20. * impulsively