Hattie Campbell Vocabulary

What is Manifest Destiny?

• a person who moves, as from his or her native country or region

• unpleasantly severe

• it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America

• soak up

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is an Emigrant?

• an underskirt, especially one that is full and often trimmed and ruffled and of a decorative fabric

• a person who moves, as from his or her native country or region

• an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice

• a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is a Petticoat?

• an underskirt, especially one that is full and often trimmed and ruffled and of a decorative fabric

• a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a man under the window of his lady.

• a soft-bodied, legless larva of certain flies

• a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is a Canteen?

• height above a given level

• an act of hurling something at someone

• a hot spring that intermittently sends up fountain like jets of water and steam into the air

• a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What is a Lantern?

• a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.

• a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.

• a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation

• a poisonous plant

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does Serenade mean?

• unpleasantly severe

• a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a man under the window of his lady.

• soak up

• receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is a Maggot?

• unpleasantly severe

• a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community

• a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion

• a soft-bodied, legless larva of certain flies

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does Vicious mean?

• a chest of drawers, often with a mirror at the top

• an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice

• unpleasantly severe

• a person in a very unhappy or unfortunate state

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is a Colony?

• a divide separating river systems that flow to opposite sides of a continent

• have an intense feeling of longing for something

• a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, especially by women, on the shoulders, or the head and shoulders, in place of a coat

• a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does Nuisance mean?

• an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice

• a poisonous plant

• the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition

• have an intense feeling of longing for something

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C