The Birchbark House Vocabulary Flashcards

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admonished

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firmly warned or scolded someone

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Anishinabe

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a large group of many Native American tribes, some of whom were the Ojibwa and the Algonquin

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anticipation

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a feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen

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attended

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paid close attention to something; heeded

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awl

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a long pointed tool used for making holes in wood

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bawled

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cried; howled; wailed

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birchbark

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the outer covering of the American paper birch tree, used to make canoes and containers

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bitter

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very; extremely (cold)

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bleak

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gloomy; cheerless

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cache

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to store away for future use