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Vocabulary for Rifles for Watie. By Joon 5-4 I chose just 3 or less words for 7 of the chapters. Chapter 1. festooned. A place with chains, garlands, or other decorations Sentence: Its stone fences festooned with honeysuckle. erratic. Not even or regular in pattern or movement
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Vocabulary for Rifles for Watie By Joon 5-4 I chose just 3 or less words for 7 of the chapters
festooned A place with chains, garlands, or other decorations Sentence: Its stone fences festooned with honeysuckle
erratic • Not even or regular in pattern or movement • Deviating from the normal or conventional in behavior or opinions Sentence: She called Kansas an erratic land.
cliques • A small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them. Sentence: its violently opposed political cliques.
insolently • boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent Sentence: Regarding him insolently from head to foot.
awry • with a turn or twist to one side • Sentence: His black hair was awry
wan • lacking in forcefulness, competence, or effectiveness • Sentence: her tear-stained face broke into a wan smile
audible • capable of being heard • Sentence: the laughter… was plainly audible.
scourged • a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture. • Sentence: the officer scourged Jeff with another searching glare.
bivouac • a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire. • Sentence: trained to cross… and bivouac in the big timber beyond.
plait 1.a braid, especially of hair or straw. 2.a pleat or fold, as of cloth. Sentence: He helped his mother plait lamp wicks and fry refuse pork.
pensive • 1.dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood. • 2. expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness: a pensive adagio • Sentence: pensive sidelong glances at him.
dejectedly • depressed in spirits • Sentence: David trudged dejectedly toward the creek.
fatigue weariness from bodily or mental exertion Sentence: the metabolism of carbohydrates, and alleviate fatigue and altitude sickness.
staccato • shortened and detached when played or sung • Sentence: Jeff heard the staccato beat of a drum.
swarthy • dark-hued or dark • Sentence: A cunning look came into Sparrow's swarthy face.
salvos • a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc. • Sentence: I made a noise like a salvo.