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Blood on the River Vocabulary List 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lulling means

a)

the state or period of partial darkness between day & night

b)

to irritate, annoy, anger, cause resentful displeasure in

c)

to put to sleep or rest by soothing means

d)

to raise or lift with effort or force

2.

A shallop is

a)

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

b)

cliffs, headlands, or hills with a broad steep face

c)

a heavy large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers

d)

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

3.

Interactions are

a)

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

b)

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

c)

mutual or reciprocal actions or influences

d)

long, thin boards

4.

Heave means

a)

to raise or lift with effort or force

b)

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

c)

to walk especially laboriously or wearily

d)

to ask earnestly

5.

To converse means to

a)

put to sleep or rest by soothing means

b)

walk, especially laboriously or wearily

c)

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

d)

ask earnestly

6.

Reluctantly means

a)

wrongfully or inordinately desired

b)

the state or period of partial darkness between day & night

c)

heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers

d)

without really wanting to

7.

A native is

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

8.

Offend means to

a)

walk, especially laboriously or wearily

b)

irritate, annoy, anger, cause resentful displeasure in

c)

pierce with a sharpened stake

d)

put to sleep or rest by soothing means

9.

Coveted means

a)

wrongfully or inordinately desired

b)

the state or period of partial darkness between day & night

c)

a tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc.

d)

without really wanting to

10.

means state or period of partial darkness between day & night

a)

moor

b)

dusk

c)

trudge

d)

coveted

11.

means to pierce with a sharpened stake, thrust up through the body, as for torture or punishment

a)

converse

b)

trudge

c)

impaled

d)

heave

12.

means a large bow drawn by hand, as that used by English archers from the 12th-16th centuries

a)

shallop

b)

inclination

c)

musket

d)

longbow

13.

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

a)

moor

b)

longbow

c)

palisade

d)

native

14.

a tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc.

a)

heave

b)

coveted

c)

inclinations

d)

lulling

15.

means to ask a person earnestly

a)

heave

b)

moor

c)

covet

d)

entreat

16.

is a long, thin board, thicker along one edge than the other walls of buildings, being laid horizontally, the thick edge of each board overlapping the thin edge of the board below it

a)

offend

b)

natives

c)

clapboard

d)

dusk

17.

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

a)

bluffs

b)

natives

c)

palisades

d)

muskets

18.

a heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers

a)

longbow

b)

musket

c)

moor

d)

shallop

19.

means to walk, especially laboriously or wearily

a)

trudge

b)

covet

c)

lull

d)

moor

20.

means to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines

a)

dusk

b)

heave

c)

moor

d)

offend