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Gathering Blue
Gathering Blue - Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| digger | person who places dust over bodies |
| Field of Leaving | cemetery |
| cott | house |
| tyke | young child |
| guardian | government official |
| Fen | swamp |
| dragger | person who takes the body to the Field of Leaving |
| Council Edifice | Government Building |
| Ruin | destruction of the society |
| Singer | Person who tells the history of the society through song |
| Gathering | holiday to listen to the history of the society |
| defender | lawyer |
| pallet | straw-filled mattress |
| Carver | person who carves the history on a staff |
| Threader | person who embroiders the history on the Singer's robe |
| Tender | servant |
| hubby | husband |
| yonder | far away; other societies |
| meticulous | very precise; careful |
| apprehensions | fears |
| filched | stole |
| talisman | object to protect from evil |
| relinquish | to give up |
| audible | can be heard |
| concede | to give in |
| contemptuous | detested; hateful |
| vindictive | vengeful |
| haphazardly | disorderly |
| worship object | wooden cross one bows to |