The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Vocab 1 & Background

Read the definition below and choose the vocabulary word that matches that definition:

to admit something is true after first denying it

• wistful

• nonchalance

• confide

• concede

Read the definition below and choose the vocabulary word that matches that definition:

to have been polished by rubbing

• wistful

• regiment

• burnished

• brigantine

An antonym of the word nonchalance is ​ (a)  

• concerned
• indifferent
• coolness
• composed
• unconcerned

The image is a photograph of a

• sail boat

• brigantine

• barge

• regiment

The word purify means -

• eliminate or get rid of something

• to clean something, in order to make it pure

• to create structure and order out of chaos

• to conform to the rules set for you.

The ​ (a)   were a group of people that wanted to purify the Catholic Church and what it stood for.

• Puritans
• Quakers
• English
• Pilgrims
• Roman Catholics

The word wistful means -

• to show or feel a regretful longing for something

• to be confused or disoriented

• to long for something that you cannot have

• to be calm and disinterested in something.

The image is a photograph of a

• brigade

• brigantine

• army

• regiment

Read the definition below and choose the vocabulary word that matches that definition:

to treat someone who is different from you or has different beliefs, with hostility and ill treatment.

• purify

• banish

• persecute

• concede

The ​ (a)   were treated horribly for their beliefs and had to flee to New England to seek refuge. Despite suffering from ill-treatment, when they settled in New England, they themselves ​ (b)   anyone who thought differently than them.

• Puritans
• persecuted
• Quakers
• English
• Pilgrims
• Natives
• conceded
• purified
• banished