VOCABULARY FOR RIFLES FOR WATIE

By Joon5-4

I chose just 3 or less words for 7 of the chapters

Chapter 1

festoonedA place with chains, garlands, or other

decorationsSentence: 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.

Chapter 2

insolently boldly rude or disrespectful;

contemptuously impertinentSentence: Regarding him insolently from

head to foot.

Chapter 3

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.

Chapter 4

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.

Chapter 5

plait1.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.

Chapter 6

fatigueweariness from bodily or mental exertionSentence: 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.

Chapter 7

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.

The end