Unit 3 Vocabulary
Lesson 11 - Dangerous Crossing
Lesson 12 - Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
Lesson 13 - They Called Her Molly Pitcher
Lesson 14 - James Forten
Lesson 15 - We Were There, Too!
- representatives - elected officials
- pressing - urgent
- shattered - broken into many pieces
- embark - to begin a journey
- viewpoint - your unique thoughts and opinions
- conduct - management and behavior
- cramped - very small and tightly packed
- bracing - positioning yourself against a support
- surveyed - looked around and noticed all the parts of something
- distracted - your attention wandered away from the task in front of you
Lesson 12 - Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
- benefit - something helpful and useful
- objected - expressed an opinion against something
- contrary - goes against the majority; stubborn
- advantages - skills or situations that favor you
- temporary - only meant to serve for a short time
- rebellious - acting against the authorities
- repeal - to formally cancel something
- midst - in the middle of something
- previously - before something else
- prohibit - to ban or forbid something
Lesson 13 - They Called Her Molly Pitcher
- formal - something that follows set traditions
- legendary - something or someone who comes from legends; well known
- foes - enemies
- revolution - a sudden change in the way things have been, usually political in nature
- plunged - dove in suddenly
- gushed - poured out in a very fast and forceful way
- magnificent - very beautiful and impressive
- shimmering - reflecting light to seem sparkly; glimmering
- strategy - a plan for reaching a goal
- retreat - a withdrawal from an attack
Lesson 14 - James Forten
- influential - having the power to make other people do things
- persuade - to convince someone to do something
- bondage - bound to work against your will; in slavery
- tentative - uncertain
- aspects - different views that show the parts of a whole
- provisions - food and supplies that help you survive
- dexterity - flexibility and skillful movement
- contributions - improvements or aids toward bringing something about
- apprentice - someone who works with a master craftsman to learn a trade
- authorities - people, such as government officials, who have the power to enforce laws or command obedience
Lesson 15 - We Were There, Too!
- tedious - boring or annoying
- peal - a sudden, loud sound
- rural - country areas that often have many farms and few people
- summons - an official request for you to go somewhere
- mocking - imitating someone in an insulting way
- personally - something done by a person with no help from anyone else
- efficient - getting maximum results from minimum work; wasting nothing
- organize - to arrange things according to a system
- lacked - didn't have something necessary
- mimic - having qualities of imitating or copying something