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Wit & Wisdom M1 Fill In The Blanks

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Term: Definition: Many; more than what is
Term: Definition: To closely
Term: banishDefinition: To force (someone) to leave a country as punishment; to send (someone or ) away; to cause (something) to go away
Term: barren Definition: Not ; lifeless
Term: Definition: A temporary wall, fence, or similar that is built to prevent people from entering a place or area
Term: beliefs Definition: Strong opinions: believed to be true
Term: betrayed Definition: Mislead; failed to fulfill (as in , needs, or expectations)
Term: bootlegger Definition: who makes or sells (alcoholic liquor) illegally
Term: Definition: A American warrior (out-of-date term)
Term: Definition: Long rectangular pieces of tanned deerskin, cloth, or animal fur worn between the legs and over a belt, so that the flaps fall in front and behind
Term: Definition: Very or successful
Term: Definition: A type of hill with a flat top and sides that is found in the southwestern United States
Term: root Definition: A genus of plants in the family native to western North America
Term: carbine Definition: A , light rifle
Term: Definition: The head of a or tribe
Term: clan Definition: A group of people who are related
Term: -clack Definition: A succession of or of alternating clicks and clacks; to make a click-clack sound (as in walking)
Term: collaborate Definition: To work together with others to something
Term: commotion Definition: Noisy excitement and
Term: Definition: To examine two or more for similarities
Term: Definition: or fight between two opposing sides
Term: contempt Definition: A feeling that someone or something is not worthy of any respect or approval; a lack of respect for or fear of something that is usually or feared
Term: Definition: To examine two or more for differences
Term: Definition: Traditional protective baby used by many indigenous cultures
Term: croonedDefinition: Sang softly or
Term: cudgel Definition: A short club
Term: Definition: Of or to culture
Term: Definition: The way a group of people lives and understands the world (including ideas, beliefs, and values; traditions; religion; language; rules; gender roles; food; clothing; art, music, dance, sports, and other ways of life)
Term: cunning Definition: or skill especially at tricking people in order to get something
Term: Definition: Usual or accepted of a social group
Term: Definition: to obey
Term: Definition: Took away from; did not to have
Term: Definition: Those related to a person or animal or of people or animals who lived in the past
Term: devour Definition: To eat ferociously; to do something with passion
Term: disgrace Definition: To cause (someone) to feel ; to cause (someone or something) to lose or become unworthy of respect or approval
Term: disputesDefinition: Arguments or
Term: elaborate Definition: To add details to something; to explain more
Term: endangered Definition: Animal or plant that has become very rare and that die out completely
Term: expansionDefinition: The act or of becoming larger
Term: flageolet Definition: A usually pale green immature kidney bean used especially in French
Term: flinch Definition: To move suddenly you are afraid of being hit or hurt; to show fear
Term: Definition: Long and narrow cuts in the
Term: Definition: Sadness or grief when someone dies
Term: Definition: Someone or something that or protects something
Term: gully Definition: A long, narrow cut or low area in the ground that water moves through when it
Term: Definition: Weather phenomenon in balls of ice, called hail, fall from the sky
Term: Definition: To pay to; to take notice of
Term: hobbles Definition: To slow the , progress, or action of (someone or something); to keep (an animal) from straying or wandering by tying two legs together
Term: Definition: The country or place someone is from
Term: Definition: Someone who is lazy or does not
Term: impact Definition: Effect on something; to make an on something or someone
Term: inadequate Definition: Less than what is needed; not
Term: institutions Definition: Established and activities in a society
Term: intelligence Definition: The to learn or understand things or to deal with new or difficult situations
Term: Definition: An act or instance of disturbing or breaking into without being
Term: Definition: The upholding of what is fair, , and right; fair treatment, fairness, equity
Term: lame Definition: an injured leg or foot that makes walking difficult or painful
Term: libertyDefinition: Freedom to do or say what one or feels
Term: littered Definition: Covered (a surface) with many in an untidy way
Term: Definition: A type of grasshopper that in very large groups and that can cause great destruction by eating crops
Term: loom Definition: A or machine that is used to weave threads or yarns to produce cloth
Term: Definition: A serious disease that chills and fever and that is passed from one person to another by the bite of mosquitoes
Term: Definition: Wrong or incorrect understandings or
Term: Definition: Badly shaped; having an ugly
Term: mistookDefinition: Past tense of
Term: Definition: Failures to or understand correctly
Term: mood Definition: In literature, the overall feeling or atmosphere of a or piece of literature
Term: moon Definition: A very long
Term: mourning Definition: Acts or that express great sadness
Term: resources Definition: Materials that come from nature and can be by people (minerals, waterpower, etc.)
Term: Definition: Not present or
Term: obey Definition: To do what someone tells you to do or what a rule, law, , says you must
Term: oral tradition Definition: Cultural history and ancestry passed down through generations by word of , often through storytelling
Term: parched Definition: Very dry especially because of hot weather and no
Term: personification Definition: Giving human qualities to an object or being
Term: words (idiom) Definition: Ordinary words, easy to understand
Term: Definition: A flat area on top of a hill or
Term: Definition: An artistic representation of a
Term: Definition: Poor, not enough property, money, or food
Term: Definition: An open
Term: priest Definition: A person who has the authority to lead or perform ceremonies in some religions and especially in some religions
Term: prosperity Definition: Wealth and
Term: Definition: Wealthy; having more than enough property, , or food
Term: Definition: To show or express strong disagreement with or disapproval of
Term: puzzled Definition: Feeling or showing confusion because something is to understand
Term: quarrelsomeDefinition: Ready or likely to argue or
Term: raid Definition: A surprise attack on an enemy by soldiers or other military
Term: ravine Definition: A small, deep, valley
Term: Definition: The skin of a cow before it has been or made into leather
Term: reinforce Definition: To add support
Term: Definition: To fill or build up (something)
Term: reservation Definition: An area of land to Native Americans by the US government as payment for taking the land of their original homes
Term: revenge Definition: The act of doing something to hurt someone because that person did that hurt you
Term: Definition: haircut Often known as a Mohawk or Mohican hairstyle, two tribes who frequently wore it
Term: rovers Definition: who wander to different places
Term: scalped Definition: To remove the hair and skin from the head of (an ) as a sign of victory
Term: scavengersDefinition: Searching for food to
Term: scout Definition: To explore (an area) to find about it
Term: semi- subterraneanDefinition: Halfway or part way underground (part way up from the )
Term: Definition: Very bad; bad to make someone ashamed
Term: sharpshooters Definition: Someone who is skilled at shooting a target with a
Term: wire Definition: Telegraph /wires
Term: skulking Definition: Moving or hiding in a secret way especially because you are to do something bad
Term: (to you now) with two tongues (idiom)Definition: Duplicitous, hypocritical, or , especially in speech; claiming one set of beliefs or intentions but acting according to another
Term: stampede Definition: An occurrence in which a large group of frightened or excited or people run together in a wild and uncontrolled way to escape from something or get out of a place
Term: Definition: Very , especially in an unfriendly way; expressing strong disapproval or criticism
Term: Definition: That which life or continued operation
Term: sufferDefinition: To or endure
Term: summit Definition: The point of a mountain; a meeting or series of meetings between the leaders of two or more governments
Term: sunDefinition: If someone or something has a day/moment/time, , in the sun, that or thing is popular or gets a lot of attention during a period of time
Term: superseded Definition: Took over the place or position of;
Term: Definition: To give up; to give in to another’s or demands
Term: sustain Definition: To support, ; to undergo for a period of time
Term: Definition: Food; something that or strengthens life
Term: taunting Definition: Saying insulting things to (someone) in order to make that angry
Term: tethered Definition: Used a rope or chain to tie (an animal) to something in order to keep it in a area
Term: Definition: Doing well or successful
Term: Definition: A large amount of water that moves very quickly in one ; a large amount of something that is released suddenly
Term: travois Definition: A type of sled used by native peoples to carry goods, containing two poles joined by a frame and drawn by a or a dog
Term: Definition: An agreement between two opposing sides; a document that explains the terms of the agreement; a formal agreement between two or more
Term: Definition: A deep, narrow hole in the ground that is used as for soldiers
Term: truce Definition: An of armed conflict by mutual agreement of warring parties
Term: Definition: weakened and destroyed
Term: Definition: Having or showing ; very brave or courageous
Term: valuesDefinition: Ideas about what is important and how to live in a way that is good or
Term: war Definition: Feathered headgear traditionally worn by male of the American Plains Indians Nations who have earned a place of great respect in their tribe
Term: warilyDefinition: Not having or showing complete trust in someone or something that could be or cause trouble
Term: warriorDefinition: Someone who like a soldier
Term: Definition: Jerked or pulled with force; caused suffering
 
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