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The Long Winter #1
Vocabulary from The Long Winter
Term | Definition |
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pioneer | the first people to settle in a new land |
prairie | a large are of land that is a treeless grassy plain |
kerosene | a fuel used for light or heat |
homestead | land claimed as a home farm by a settler |
territory | an area of land that is government owned |
muslin | plain colored, study cotton fabric used to make sheets |
whittling | cutting strips of pieces from wood with a knife to make a carving. |
clamber | scramble, climb awkwardly |
shanty | a roughly built cabin, a shack |
zenith | pinnacle, peak, summit, the highest point |
partition | divider, dividing panel or wall |
sober | grave, having an attitude that is serious, somber |
kindling | material that burns easily used to start a fire |
preserves | fruit made into jam or jelly |