MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD SPELLING VOCABULARY
1. recalcitrance-Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance.
2. brisk-active, fast or energetic
3. plundering-steal goods from a person or place by force in a time of war
4. court-martial-a judicial court for trying members of the armed services accused of offenses against military law
5. pallet-a portable platform to stack supplies
6. retaliate-to make an attack or assault in response to a similar attack
7. sedition-conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against authority
8. sturgeon- very large primitive fish with bony plates on the body.
9. skiff-a shallow, flat-bottomed open boat with a sharp bow and square stern
10.drove-a herd or flock of animals being driven in a body
11.balking-being hesitant or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
12. clemency-mercy; lenience
13. curt-rudely brief
14. stockade-a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, esp. as a defense against attack or as a means of confining animals.
15. depreciation-a reduction in the value of an asset with the passage of time, due in particular to wear and tear.
16.commotion
17.fusillade
18.cantering
19.resolution
20.shrugged
Monday, February 13, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
AMERICAN REVOLUTION/VOCABULARY
1. grievance-a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest
2. coerce-persuade an unwilling person by using force or threats
3. militia-a military force that is raised form the civil population to help regular
army in an emergency
4. commissary-a restaurant in a movie studio, military base, prison, or other institution
5. petition-an official written request, typically signed by many, appealing to authority with a given case.
6. preamble-an introduction
7. ciphering-a secret, or disguised way of writing...a code.
8. enlist-enroll or be enrolled in the armed services
9. mercenary- a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
10. campaign- a series of military operations intended to achieve a particular objective
11. negotiate-to try to reach an agreement
12. traitor-a person who betrays a friend, country, principle
13. abolitionist-a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, esp. capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
14. ordinance- a part of a law enacted by a municipal authority
15. shad-a herring-like fish
16. suspicious
17. scarce
18. pasture
19. shilling
20. deserter
1. grievance-a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest
2. coerce-persuade an unwilling person by using force or threats
3. militia-a military force that is raised form the civil population to help regular
army in an emergency
4. commissary-a restaurant in a movie studio, military base, prison, or other institution
5. petition-an official written request, typically signed by many, appealing to authority with a given case.
6. preamble-an introduction
7. ciphering-a secret, or disguised way of writing...a code.
8. enlist-enroll or be enrolled in the armed services
9. mercenary- a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
10. campaign- a series of military operations intended to achieve a particular objective
11. negotiate-to try to reach an agreement
12. traitor-a person who betrays a friend, country, principle
13. abolitionist-a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, esp. capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
14. ordinance- a part of a law enacted by a municipal authority
15. shad-a herring-like fish
16. suspicious
17. scarce
18. pasture
19. shilling
20. deserter
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