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Sign of the Beaver
vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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chink | spaces between logs in a log house |
daub | to stuff a plaster like material into cracks between logs |
drawl | a different way of speaking a language |
fell | to chop down a tree |
expedition | journey made for a special purpose |
passel | a large number |
solitary | alone |
pewter | a mixture of metals that does not tarnish |
blunderbuss | a type of rifle |
bough | a tree branch |
punchean table | table with many uses |
flint | rock that when scrubbed creates sparks |
proprietor | someone who has legal title to land or a shop |
fury | rage or anger |
bellow | shout out |
deprive | stop from having |
snorted | breathed mostly through nostrils |
boggy | wet, spongy land |
treaty | a peace contract |
gritty | hard granules in something (like sand) |
detested | hatred |
pesky | annoying |
incomprehensible | can't understand |
stout | plump, stubby |
nonchalantly | unconcerned could care less |
stalking | secretly follow |
heathen | pagan,person who does not believe in a Christian God |
brisk | zippy or lively |
grubby | old or worn out |
defiance | open resistance to authority |
rigid | not flexible |
puny | tiny, small |
stern | severe |
thrashing | move violently |
resentful | full of anger |
disdainfully | to look down on someone |
grudgingly | unwilling |
retorted | a sharp or oral reply |
disposition | ones nature or tempermant |
contemptuous | disrespectful |
sinew | thin band of connecting tissue |
pungent | sharp acrid taste or smell |
genial | agreeable, cheery, or friendly |
wampum | small beads used as currency |