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 30, 2012
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.
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.
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
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
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