Blood on the River Chapter 1-9 Vocabulary Quiz

loitering

• Easily fooled.

• Barren and uninhabited.

• To linger with no purpose.

• Large and sturdy.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

burly

• Quietly or privately.

• To continue to make an effort despite obstacles and setbacks.

• Large and sturdy.

• A farmer who works his own land.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

magistrate

• Arrogant

• The judge in a police court.

• To apologize for or regret a past action.

• A person who comes from a prominent birth or rank.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

peasants

• To linger with no purpose.

• Poor, uneducated person(s).

• Attach and anchor.

• Easily fooled.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

yeoman

• To accommodate.

• A farmer who works his own land.

• Barren and uninhabited.

• A person who comes from a prominent birth or rank.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

discreetly

• Quietly or privately.

• A farmer who works his own land.

• Large and sturdy.

• Arrogant

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

This is the prophecy delivered to Chief Powhatan, ruler of the Powhatan empire, sometime before 1607. Prophecy means...

• A farmer who works his own land.

• A foretelling or prediction of an event.

• The judge in a police court.

• To linger with no purpose.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

That evening I ask the cook for some tallow to bring to Captain Smith for his wounds. Tallow means...

• To apologize for or regret a past action.

• Disease causing death in plant tissues.

• A wax made from the fatty tissue of animals.

• To accommodate.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The food is monotonous and salty, the commoners stink, and the storms will not cease. Monotonous means...

• Distrustful

• Lacking very little variety.

• Easily fooled.

• To die.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

We were treated like the blight was our fault and we wanted the crops to rot in the fields. Blight means...

• Rushing downpour of rain.

• A wax made from the fatty tissue of animals.

• Disease causing death in plant tissues.

• Swarming

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4