Red Badge of Courage Ch.5-8 Vocab

A small piece of fabric used for wiping areas of the face

• handkerchief

• assurance

• region

• valor

crude or uncivilized in behavior

• obscure

• eloquent

• savage

• assurance

To express and idea or concept through hand or body movements instead of voice

• annihilate

• strategy

• scrutinize

• gesture

To defeat completely

• scrutinize

• annihilate

• eloquent

• assurance

freedom from doubt; to give, inspire, or have confidence

• gesture

• valor

• obscure

• assurance

To examine carefully in detail

• scrutinize

• annihilate

• bitterness

• obscure

Great satisfaction or pleasure

• gratification

• valor

• eloquent

• bitterness

Something that is revealed that was previously not known or understood

• region

• revelation

• assurance

• strategy

Courage or bravery, especially during battle or war

• valor

• gesture

• strategy

• eloquent

A large indefinite area

• region

• valor

• savage

• obscure