Blood on the River Vocabulary List 2

Lulling means

• the state or period of partial darkness between day & night

• to irritate, annoy, anger, cause resentful displeasure in

• to put to sleep or rest by soothing means

• to raise or lift with effort or force

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A shallop is

• any of various vessels formerly used for sailing or rowing in shallow waters, specifically a 2-masted, gaff-rigged vessel of the 17th & 18th centuries

• cliffs, headlands, or hills with a broad steep face

• a heavy large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers

• one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Interactions are

• cliffs, headlands, or hills with a broad, steep face

• large bows drawn by hand, as that used by English archers from the 12th-16th centuries

• mutual or reciprocal actions or influences

• long, thin boards

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Heave means

• to raise or lift with effort or force

• to talk informally with another or others, exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking

• to walk especially laboriously or wearily

• to ask earnestly

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

To converse means to

• put to sleep or rest by soothing means

• walk, especially laboriously or wearily

• talk informally with another or others, exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking

• ask earnestly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Reluctantly means

• wrongfully or inordinately desired

• the state or period of partial darkness between day & night

• heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers

• without really wanting to

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A native is

• one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.

• any of various vessels formerly used for sailing or rowing in shallow waters

• a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for a closure of defense

• a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad steep face

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Offend means to

• walk, especially laboriously or wearily

• irritate, annoy, anger, cause resentful displeasure in

• pierce with a sharpened stake

• put to sleep or rest by soothing means

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Coveted means

• wrongfully or inordinately desired

• the state or period of partial darkness between day & night

• a tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc.

• without really wanting to

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

means state or period of partial darkness between day & night

• moor

• dusk

• trudge

• coveted

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4