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Patty Reed's Doll
Emigrants to California
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lowing | sound of a cow |
| calico | cotton cloth with figured patterns |
| washbasin | large round bowl |
| chores | daily jobs |
| give permission | to allow |
| boosted | pushed and lifted |
| preparations | things you have to do to get ready |
| pert | lively |
| provisions | supplies needed to live |
| portly | heavy set (fat) |
| exceedingly | very much |
| genial | cheerful |
| acquainted | got to know each other |
| colleen | a young girl |
| boggy | muddy |
| shuddered | trembled from horror |
| lurched | suddenly tipped to one side |
| reckon | to think or suppose |
| coaxed | begged, tried to persuade |
| bangles | shiny metal decorations |
| christened | named a new ship |
| luxuriant | exteremely rich and plentiful |
| assigned | to be fiven a specific place |
| convenient | easy to get to;close by |
| exchanged | traded |
| recipes | directions on how to cook a certain food |
| horizon | where the sky and earth meet |
| fleet | fast |
| timidly | fearfully;shyly |
| snare | catch |
| proceed | go |
| enviously | jealously |
| consulting | asking for advice |
| desolate | barren |
| treacherous | very dangerous |
| stifling | scorching, hard to breathe |